Who is the first Bengali player to play Test cricket for India? Hardly people know the answer to this question.
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Whenever there is talk of a Bengali player in Indian cricket, the first name that comes to mind is Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly, who changed the picture of Indian cricket, increased the country’s honor many times. Handled the team in difficult times. Filled with enthusiasm to beat big teams and won many such victories, which are still remembered today. Apart from Ganguly, there are many other players from Bengal including Wriddhiman Saha, Manoj Tiwari, who represented the country, but who is the first Bengali player to play Test cricket for India for the first time? Perhaps only a few people know the answer to this question.
The answer to this question is Probir Sen, who was the first Bengali to represent India and keep wickets for India. No one could doubt his ability behind the wicket. He took 20 catches and made 11 stumpings in 14 International Test matches. His international career lasted only from 1948 to 1952, but he was very successful in domestic cricket.
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Sen was also a very good lower order batsman. In his first class career of 15 years, he scored 2580 runs including 3 centuries. Took 143 hunts, in which 107 catches were taken. He had scored 1796 runs in Ranji Trophy. Not only this, he also took a hat-trick against Odisha in 1954-1955. He was continuously doing wonders in domestic cricket. He was active despite crossing the age of 40, but one day suddenly he left the world.
sudden death from heart attack
Today it has been 53 years since the first Bengali cricketer to play for India said goodbye to the world. He died on 27 January 1970 at the age of 43. His sudden death from a heart attack on the very next day of a match in Kolkata shocked everyone.
played against 4 big teams
Talking about Sen’s international career, Sen, born in 1926, made his debut at the age of 22 i.e. in 1948 in the Melbourne Test against Australia. He played against Australia, West Indies, England and Pakistan in his entire international career. In the third Test of his international career, he took 4 catches behind the wicket against Australia. While he did 5 stumpings in Chennai against England. Which was his best performance.
