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| name = Pankaj Roy | | name = Pankaj Roy | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|5|31}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|5|31}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|4|1928|5|31|df=yes}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|4|1928|5|31|df=yes}} | ||
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], | | death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India | ||
| image = Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy after record breaking opening stand 1956.jpg | | image = Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy after record breaking opening stand 1956.jpg | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| family = | | family = {{ubl|[[Nemailal Roy]] (brother)|[[Pranab Roy]] (son)|[[Ambar Roy]] (nephew)}} | ||
| batting = Right- | | batting = Right-handed | ||
| bowling = Right-arm medium | | bowling = Right-arm medium | ||
| columns = 2 | | columns = 2 | ||
| column1 = [[Test cricket| | | column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]] | ||
| matches1 = 43 | | matches1 = 43 | ||
| runs1 = | | runs1 = 2,442 | ||
| bat avg1 = 32.56 | | bat avg1 = 32.56 | ||
| 100s/50s1 = 5/9 | | 100s/50s1 = 5/9 | ||
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| tenfor1 = 0 | | tenfor1 = 0 | ||
| best bowling1 = 1/6 | | best bowling1 = 1/6 | ||
| catches/stumpings1= 16/ | | catches/stumpings1= 16/– | ||
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] | | column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] | ||
| matches2 = 185 | | matches2 = 185 | ||
| runs2 = | | runs2 = 11,868 | ||
| bat avg2 = 42.38 | | bat avg2 = 42.38 | ||
| 100s/50s2 = 33/50 | | 100s/50s2 = 33/50 | ||
| top score2 = 202* | | top score2 = 202* | ||
| deliveries2 = | | deliveries2 = 1,146 | ||
| wickets2 = 21 | | wickets2 = 21 | ||
| bowl avg2 = 30.85 | | bowl avg2 = 30.85 | ||
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| tenfor2 = 0 | | tenfor2 = 0 | ||
| best bowling2 = 5/53 | | best bowling2 = 5/53 | ||
| catches/stumpings2= 74/ | | catches/stumpings2= 74/– | ||
| international = true | | international = true | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| testcap = 54 | | testcap = 54 | ||
| testdebutagainst = England | | testdebutagainst = England | ||
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| testdebutyear = 1951 | | testdebutyear = 1951 | ||
| lasttestdate = 2 December | | lasttestdate = 2 December | ||
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan | | lasttestagainst = Pakistan | ||
| lasttestyear = 1960 | | lasttestyear = 1960 | ||
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33186.html | | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33186.html CricInfo | ||
| date = 5 March | | date = 5 March | ||
| year = 2017 | | year = 2017 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Pankaj Roy''' {{audio|Pankaj_Roy.ogg|pronunciation}} | '''Pankaj Roy''' ({{audio|Pankaj_Roy.ogg|pronunciation}}; 31 May 1928 – 4 February 2001) was an Indian [[cricketer]] who played in 43 Test matches, including once as captain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=দাশ |first=কৌশিক |title=Cricket Celebs {{!}} বাংলার প্রথম ক্রিকেট যোদ্ধা |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/pankaj-roy-as-bengals-first-cricket-warrior/cid/1266273 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.anandabazar.com |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-03-01 |title=South Africa set new opening mark |language=en-GB |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7272340.stm |access-date=2022-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.123india.com/alokghosh/Heritage/Our%20Sportsmen.htm|title=OUR SPORTSMEN|website=123india.com|access-date=27 September 2007|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210527/http://home.123india.com/alokghosh/Heritage/Our%20Sportsmen.htm}}</ref> He was a right-handed opening [[batsman]], perhaps best known for establishing the world record opening [[partnership (cricket)|partnership]] in [[Test cricket]] of 413 [[run (cricket)|runs]], together with [[Vinoo Mankad]], against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Chennai]]. The record stood for 52 years until 2008. Roy played for Bengal in domestic matches. In 2000, he was appointed as the [[Sheriff of Kolkata]]. He has been honoured with the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-15 |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2014) |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-15 |access-date=2022-10-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pankaj Roy |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/pankaj-roy/Pankaj%20Roy |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.cricketcountry.com |language=en-US |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014174521/https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/pankaj-roy/Pankaj%20Roy |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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> In 2016, he was posthumously awarded the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award]], the highest honour conferred by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=29 April 2018 |title=BCCI honours Indian legends Anshuman Gaekwad and Pankaj Roy |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/674449 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=[[International Cricket Council]] |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==First-class career== | ==First-class career== | ||
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He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost. | He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost. | ||
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* {{Cite web|title=When Swami Vivekananda claimed seven wickets and other Eden Gardens tales|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/may/04/when-swami-vivekananda-claimed-seven-wickets-and-other-eden-gardens-tales-1972482.html|access-date=17 November 2021|website=newindianexpress.com|agency=Express News Service|date=4 May 2019|location=Kolkata|first1=Atreyo|last1=Mukhopadhyay|publisher=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416020605/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/may/04/when-swami-vivekananda-claimed-seven-wickets-and-other-eden-gardens-tales-1972482.html|archive-date=16 April 2023}} | |||
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*{{cricinfo|id=33186}} | |||
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/737625.html "Extracting history from myth"] by [[Suresh Menon (sports writer)|Suresh Menon]] | |||
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}} | {{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}} | ||
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| Born | 31 May 1928 Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 February 2001 (aged 72) Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 54) | 2 November 1951 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 December 1960 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pankaj Roy (
pronunciation (help·info); 31 May 1928 – 4 February 2001) was an Indian cricketer who played in 43 Test matches, including once as captain.[1][2][3] He was a right-handed opening batsman, perhaps best known for establishing the world record opening partnership in Test cricket of 413 runs, together with Vinoo Mankad, against New Zealand at Chennai. The record stood for 52 years until 2008. Roy played for Bengal in domestic matches. In 2000, he was appointed as the Sheriff of Kolkata. He has been honoured with the Padma Shri.[4][5] His nephew Ambar Roy and son Pranab Roy also played Test cricket for India. He was a student of Vidyasagar College.[6] In 2016, he was posthumously awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.[7]
First-class career[edit | edit source]
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.
Test career[edit | edit source]
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. 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 centuries for India, with a top score of 173.
He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost.
References[edit | edit source]
Cited sources
- ↑ দাশ, কৌশিক. "Cricket Celebs | বাংলার প্রথম ক্রিকেট যোদ্ধা". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ "South Africa set new opening mark". 1 March 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ "OUR SPORTSMEN". 123india.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2014)" (PDF). 15 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ "Pankaj Roy". www.cricketcountry.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ Basu, Prabhash (6 September 2021). Peekay theWayfarer Tea Planter. p. 16.
- ↑ "BCCI honours Indian legends Anshuman Gaekwad and Pankaj Roy". International Cricket Council. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
Further reading
- Mukhopadhyay, Atreyo (4 May 2019). "When Swami Vivekananda claimed seven wickets and other Eden Gardens tales". newindianexpress.com. Kolkata: The New Indian Express. Express News Service. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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| Preceded by Datta Gaekwad |
Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1959 (1 Test Match) |
Succeeded by Datta Gaekwad |