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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Anjan Bhattacharjee<br />
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| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|12|25|df=yes}}<br />
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| death_date = <br />
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| batting = <br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium<br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]<br />
| year1 = 1970-71 to 1972-73<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 13 <br />
| runs1 = 57<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.12<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 13<br />
| deliveries1 = 1865<br />
| wickets1 = 35<br />
| bowl avg1 = 27.08<br />
| fivefor1 = 2<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/10<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 5/–<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/27463.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 19 November 2017<br />
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'''Anjan Bhattacharjee''' (born 25 December 1950) is a former [[cricketer]] who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] from 1970 to 1972. He is deaf.<br />
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Bhattacharjee made his first-class debut against [[Odisha cricket team|Orissa]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in December 1970. He took 6 for 26 in the first innings as Orissa were dismissed for 81.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31328.html| title = Bihar v Orissa 1970-71| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =19 November 2017}}</ref> P. N. Sundaresan, writing in ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'', described him as "[playing] the game with great zest and never [sparing] himself whether bowling or fielding".<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1972, p. 983.</ref><br />
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In the first match of the 1971-72 season he took 3 for 54 and 7 for 10 against Assam, dismissing them for 32 in the second innings, when they batted two men short.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32087.html| title = Bihar v Assam 1971-72| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =19 November 2017}}</ref> In each of his first two seasons Bihar progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. He was less successful in 1972-73, which was his last season.<br />
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Although he was no longer playing first-class cricket, Bhattacharjee received the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1974, thus becoming the first cricketer of Bengali descent to receive the award.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bcci.tv/news/2016/news/13416/recipients-of-various-honours-from-the-government-of-india| title = Recipients of various honours from the government of India| publisher = BCCI | accessdate =19 November 2017}}</ref> He captained the Indian deaf team against Australia in 1978 and 1985 and against Pakistan in 1982.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.coca-colaindia.com/stories/differently-abled-cricketers| title = Differently-abled cricketers| publisher = LIMCA Book of Records| accessdate = 30 September 2019}}</ref> He later served as President of the Asia Deaf Cricket Federation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=59391|date=16 August 2012| title = Vivekanandan elected Senior Vice Chairman, Asia Deaf Cricket Federation| publisher = The Island| accessdate =19 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=27463}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|id=38368}}<br />
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[[Category:1950 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]<br />
[[Category:Deaf people from India]]<br />
[[Category:Deaf cricketers]]<br />
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