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<div>{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}<br />
{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Pankaj Roy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|5|31}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|4|1928|5|31|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| image = Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy after record breaking opening stand 1956.jpg<br />
| caption = Pankaj Roy (left) and [[Vinoo Mankad]] returning to the pavilion after their world record opening partnership of 413 runs, [[Madras]], 11 January 1956. Their record stood for 52 years.<br />
| family = '''Brother''': [[Nemailal Roy]]<br/> '''Son''': [[Pranab Roy]]<br/> '''Nephew''': [[Ambar Roy]]<br />
| batting = Right-hand bat<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 43<br />
| runs1 = 2442<br />
| bat avg1 = 32.56<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 5/9<br />
| top score1 = 173<br />
| deliveries1 = 104<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 66.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/6<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 16/-<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 185<br />
| runs2 = 11868<br />
| bat avg2 = 42.38<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 33/50<br />
| top score2 = 202*<br />
| deliveries2 = 1146<br />
| wickets2 = 21<br />
| bowl avg2 = 30.85<br />
| fivefor2 = 1<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 5/53<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 74/-<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = India<br />
| testdebutfor = India<br />
| testcap = 54<br />
| testdebutagainst = England <br />
| testdebutdate = 2 November<br />
| testdebutyear = 1951<br />
| lasttestdate = 2 December<br />
| lasttestfor = India<br />
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan <br />
| lasttestyear = 1960<br />
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33186.html<br />
| date = 5 March<br />
| year = 2017<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pankaj Roy''' {{audio|Pankaj_Roy.ogg|pronunciation}} (31 May 1928 – 4 February 2001) was an Indian (Bengali) [[cricketer]] and former national cricket team captain. He was right-handed opening [[batsman]], he is best known for establishing the world record opening [[partnership (cricket)|partnership]] of 413 [[run (cricket)|runs]], together with [[Vinoo Mankad]], against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Chennai]]. The record stood until 2008. In 2000, he was appointed as the [[Sheriff of Kolkata]]. He has been honoured with the [[Padma Shri]]. His nephew [[Ambar Roy]] and son [[Pranab Roy]] also played Test cricket for India. He was a student of [[Vidyasagar College]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Peekay theWayfarer Tea Planter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JU1BEAAAQBAJ|page=16|last1 = Basu|first1 = Prabhash|date = 6 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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==First-class career==<br />
Roy played domestic cricket in India for the [[Bengal cricket team]]. He scored a century on his first-class debut in 1946–47 and went on to score 33 hundreds, scoring a total of 11868 first class runs at 42.38.<br />
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==Test career==<br />
When England toured India in 1951, Roy was selected for the Indian squad and made his Test debut at Delhi. Despite making just 12 in his debut innings he scored 2 centuries in the series. The following summer he toured England and had a contrasting series, making 5 ducks in his 7 innings, including [[Frank Tyson]]'s debut first class wicket. This tally included a pair at [[Old Trafford (cricket ground)|Old Trafford]]. He was among the four victims (others being [[Datta Gaekwad]], [[Vijay Manjrekar]] and [[Madhav Mantri]]) in India's miserable 0–4 start in the second innings of the Headingley Test of 1952 with Fred Trueman playing havoc. He would hit five [[Test cricket|Test]] [[century (cricket)|centuries]] for [[Indian cricket team|India]], with a top score of 173.<br />
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He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost.<br />
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before=[[Datta Gaekwad]] |<br />
title=[[List of India national cricket captains|Indian National Test Cricket Captain]] |<br />
years=1959 '''(1 Test Match)''' |<br />
after=[[Datta Gaekwad]] |<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricketarchive|id=907}}<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=33186}}<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/737625.html "Extracting history from myth"] by [[Suresh Menon (sports writer)|Suresh Menon]]<br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}<br />
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