Debu Mitra
{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Debu Mitra
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| country = India
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| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|8|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
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| club1 = Bengal
| year1 = 1968/69–1973/74
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| columns = 1
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 14
| runs1 = 530
| bat avg1 = 27.89
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 90
| deliveries1 = 27
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 0.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/0
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31581.html ESPNcricinfo
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Debu Mitra (born 7 August 1948) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Bengal cricket team from 1968/69 to 1973/74. He became a cricket coach in the 1990s and worked as the head coach of Saurashtra cricket team from 2004 to 2014.{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Gaurav |title=BCCI's 60-plus SOP leaves domestic coaches in the lurch |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/bccis-60-plus-sop-leaves-domestic-coaches-in-the-lurch/articleshow/77342646.cms |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=4 August 2020}}
Career
Mitra played as a right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler, representing Bengal cricket team. He appeared in 14 first-class matches between the 1968/69 and 1973/74 seasons.{{cite web|title=Debu Mitra|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/39/39871/39871.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=3 December 2015}}
After having coached Bengal as well as India under-19s,{{cite web|title=Ganguly better batsman than Tendulkar: Debu Mitra|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/south-africa-in-india/top-stories/Ganguly-better-batsman-than-Tendulkar-Debu-Mitra/articleshow/5261901.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=3 December 2015}} Mitra became the coach of Saurashtra cricket team in the 2004/05 season when the team was in the Plate division of the Ranji Trophy. Being regarded as minnows, Saurashtra became the Plate division champions in 2005/06 and were promoted to the Elite division of the Ranji Trophy. Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for the first time in 2007/08 and also became the champions of the 2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy (Ranji One-day Trophy). Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for a second consecutive time in the following season, and became runners-up of 2012–13 Ranji Trophy, under Mitra's mentorship.{{cite web|title=Debu Mitra, the man behind Saurashtra’s cricketing resurgence|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/debu-mitra-the-man-behind-saurashtras-cricketing-resurgence/article4375407.ece|work=Business Line|location=Chennai|access-date=3 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=The guide behind Saurashtra's rise|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2012/content/story/601985.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2015}}
Mitra is the childhood coach of Indian cricketers like Sourav Ganguly{{cite web|title=Bengal players rise to Ganguly's defence|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93248.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2015}} and Ravindra Jadeja.{{cite web|title='Rockstar' Jadeja almost quit spin bowling, reveals coach Debu Mitra|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/blogs/soumitra-bose/209162-rockstar-jadeja-almost-quit-spin-bowling-reveals-coach-debu-mitra|publisher=NDTV|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072709/http://sports.ndtv.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/blogs/soumitra-bose/209162-rockstar-jadeja-almost-quit-spin-bowling-reveals-coach-debu-mitra|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/31581.html}}
- {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/39/39871/39871.html}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitra, Debu}}