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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Punya Datta<br />
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| country = India<br />
| fullname = Punyabrata Datta<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|6|21|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|12|1924|6|21|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| nickname = Badal Da<br />
| batting = Left handed<br />
| bowling = Left handed medium pace<br />
| role = All rounder<br />
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| club1 = Cambridge University<br />
| year1 = 1947<br />
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| club2 = Bengal<br />
| year2 = 1944/45-1955/56<br />
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| date = 27 March 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Punya Datta''' (21 June 1924 &ndash; 12 November 2016) was an Indian [[cricket]]er. He played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] and [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html |title=Punya Datta |accessdate=27 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/28/28952/28952.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive}}</ref> In a first-class career spanning from 1944-45 to 1955-56, Dutta scored 1,459 runs with a highest of 143. He averaged 29.77 with the bat, scored 4 centuries and 5 fifties, and held 12 catches. He captured 41 wickets at 37.09, and his best innings figures were 5 for 52.<br />
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Datta made his first-class debut for Bengal, under the captaincy of [[Jagaddipendra Narayan|the Maharaja of Cooch Behar]], against [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] at [[Eden Gardens]] in 1944-45.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17443.html| title = Bengal v United Provinces 1944-45| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 15 December 2016}}</ref> After attending [[Asutosh College]] in [[Calcutta]] he went to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]]. At the end of his [[freshman]] year he represented the university in 13 first-class matches in 1947, scoring 320 runs at 22.85 and taking 29 wickets at 40.68, and winning his [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]].<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1948, pp. 570-71.</ref> On returning to India he continued to represent Bengal, scoring 141 in the final of the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1952-53.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20552.html| title = Bengal v Holkar 1952-53| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 15 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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Datta received the Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 in recognition of his contributions to cricket in Bengal. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] from 2008-09 to 2012-13. He was also the President of the [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/newspage/news66.php|title=The CAB|publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Bengal cricketers]]<br />
* [[List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
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