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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Raju Mukherjee
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Satyabrata Mukherjee
| family = [[Debabrata Mukherjee (cricketer)|Debabrata Mukherjee]] (brother)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Batsman
| club1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year1 = 1972/73–1981/82
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 50
| runs1 = 2,060
| bat avg1 = 37.45
| 100s/50s1 = 2/14
| top score1 = 162
| deliveries1 = 38
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 12.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/4
| catches/stumpings1 = 24/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 7
| runs2 = 82
| bat avg2 = 11.71
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 29
| deliveries2 = 258
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| date = 15 February
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31727.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Satyabrata Mukherjee''' (born 23 October 1950), better known as '''Raju Mukherjee''', is an Indian former cricket player, coach, selector, match referee and writer. He is the author of the book ''Eden Gardens: Legend and Romance''.

==Life and career==
Mukherjee played as a right-handed batsman, making 50 first-class appearances in which he scored more than 2000 runs at an average of more than 37. He represented Bengal for ten seasons starting from 1972/73 and also captained the team in some matches. He made his first-class debut for East Zone in the 1972–73 Duleep Trophy. He was the captain of the East Zone team that played against the touring Pakistani team in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Zone v Pakistanis in 1979/80|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39883.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> Mukherjee's final first class appearance came in December 1981 at the age of 31.<ref>{{cite web|title=First-Class Matches played by Raju Mukherjee|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39972/First-Class_Matches.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>

A former coach,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ugra|first1=Sharda|title=Young, Promising, Undone|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/20020128/sports.html|publisher=India Today|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=28 January 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sourav Ganguly fans ecstatic over comeback|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-sourav-ganguly-fans-ecstatic-over-comeback-1075573|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=21 January 2007}}</ref> Mukherjee had previously worked for the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] as a Talent Resource Development Officer (TRDO) of the [[Talent Resource Development Wing]]. Former Bengal captain [[Prakash Poddar]] and Mukherjee are regarded as the two TRDOs who first spotted [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=K Shriniwas|title=Dilip Vengsarkar to push major reforms at NCA|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/76068/dilip-vengsarkar-to-push-major-reforms-at-nca|publisher=Cricbuzz|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>

Mukherjee worked as a match referee from the 2006/07 season to the 2012/13 season,<ref>{{cite web|title=Raju Mukherjee as Referee in First-Class Matches|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39972/Referee_in_First-Class_Matches.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> officiating in domestic tournaments including the [[Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raju Mukherjee as Referee in Indian Premier League Matches|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39972/Referee_in_Indian_Premier_League_Matches.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref> He was appointed as the chairman of the senior team selection committee of the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Raju to head Bengal selection committee|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140925/jsp/sports/story_18870666.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=25 September 2014}}</ref> but stepped down from the post in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raju decision irks Sourav|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151104/jsp/sports/story_51384.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=4 November 2015}}</ref> In October 2014, Mukherjee released a book authored by himself called ''Eden Gardens: Legend and Romance'', marking the 150th anniversary of [[Eden Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CAB celebrates 150 years of Eden Gardens|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/cricketnext/news/cab-celebrates-150-years-of-eden-gardens-720619.html|publisher=IBNLive|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=16 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lokapally|first1=Vijay|title=In the Garden of Eden|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/in-the-garden-of-eden/article7286456.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=16 February 2016|date=5 June 2015}}</ref>

Mukherjee's elder brother [[Debabrata Mukherjee (cricketer)|Debabrata Mukherjee]] (Deb Mukherjee) had also played first-class cricket for Bengal as an opening batsman in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Debabrata Mukherjee|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31674.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/31727.html}}
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/39/39972/39972.html}}

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