Aloke Bhattacharjee

{{Short description|Indian cricketer and umpire (1953–2016)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Aloke Bhattacharjee

| image =

| country = India

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|8|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Howrah, West Bengal, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|24|1953|8|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kolkata, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin, off-spin

| club1 = Bengal

| year1 = 1970–71 to 1986–87

| club2 = East Zone

| year2 = 1975–76 to 1979–80

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 42

| runs1 = 575

| bat avg1 = 15.54

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 55

| deliveries1 = 6887

| wickets1 = 134

| bowl avg1 = 22.67

| fivefor1 = 4

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/7

| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 69

| bat avg2 = 17.25

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 18 not out

| deliveries2 = 495

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 323.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 1/30

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| umpire = true

| odisumpired = 3

| umpodidebutyr = 1998

| umpodilastyr = 2002

| wodisumpired = 2

| umpwodidebutyr = 1997

| umpwodilastyr = 2004

| date = 25 January

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27256.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Aloke Bhattacharjee (24 August 1953 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian cricketer and umpire.{{cite web|url=http://xtratime.in/ex-bengal-cricketer-aloke-bhattacharjee-passes-away/ |title=Ex-Bengal cricketer Aloke Bhattacharjee passes away |work=Xtra Time |access-date=24 April 2018}} Besides officiating at the first-class level, he stood in three One Day International (ODI) matches from 1998 to 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27256.html |title=Aloke Bhattacharjee |access-date=16 May 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

He played first-class cricket as a spin bowler for Bengal from 1971 to 1987, and represented East Zone several times. His best bowling figures of 7 for 7 came in the second innings against Assam in 1974–75, for match figures of 12.2–6–11–10.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/34/34829.html| title = Assam v Bengal 1974–75| publisher=CricketArchive| access-date = 25 January 2015}}