Subrata Guha

{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Subrata Guha

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|11|5|1946|1|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 17

| bat avg1 = 3.40

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 6

| deliveries1 = 674

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 103.66

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/55

| catches/stumpings1= 2/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 85

| runs2 = 1067

| bat avg2 = 12.70

| 100s/50s2 = 0/3

| top score2 = 75

| deliveries2 = 6068

| wickets2 = 299

| bowl avg2 = 20.29

| fivefor2 = 18

| tenfor2 = 4

| best bowling2 = 7/18

| catches/stumpings2= 45/–

| international = true

| country = India

| testdebutfor = India

| testcap = 114

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 8 June

| testdebutyear = 1967

| lasttestdate = 12 December

| lasttestfor = India

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| lasttestyear = 1969

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/subrata-guha-28864 Cricinfo

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Subrata Guha {{audio|Subroto Guha.ogg|pronunciation}} (31 January 1946 – 5 November 2003) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1967 and 1969.{{cite web |title=Subrata Guha |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1295/1295.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=23 November 2022}}

Guha was a medium-fast opening bowler. While he was a 20-year-old student at Calcutta University, he was largely responsible for inflicting the only defeat on the touring West Indians in 1966–67, when he took 4 for 64 and 7 for 49 for a combined Central and East Zones team.{{cite web |title=Combined East & Central v West Indies 1966-67 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1966-67/WI_IN_IND/COMB-EAST-CENT_WI_26-28DEC1966.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=26 August 2019}} He was less successful on the subsequent tour of England, although he played in one of the Tests. He also had little success in three Tests against Australia in 1969–70.Wisden 2004, pp. 1543–44. However, he continued to bowl successfully for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, with 209 wickets at an average of 14.61, and best figures of 7 for 18 against Assam in 1972–73.{{cite web |title=Assam v Bengal 1972-73|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972-73/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/EAST/ASSAM_BENG_RJI-E_21-22DEC1972.html|website=Cricinfo |accessdate=26 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Subrata Guha |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/subrata-guha-28864 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=23 November 2022}}

Guha worked for the State Bank of India. He and his wife Neelum married in 1971 and had two sons. One of their sons, Kunal, married the actress Nethra Raghuraman.{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Abhishek |title=Subrata Guha: Bengal's greatest seamer, lost in era of spin |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/subrata-guha-bengals-greatest-seamer-lost-in-era-of-spin-390144 |website=Cricket Country |date=31 January 2016 |access-date=23 November 2022}} Guha died suddenly of a heart attack in November 2003, aged 57.