SUBRATA GUHA


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SUBRATA GUHA
(31 Jan 1946 - 5 Nov 2003)

Regarded as the finest from his state, Bengal's Subrata Guha, the six-feet tall right-arm medium pacer who swung the ball both ways with accuracy and possessed an effective off-cutter, could have represented India in more than four Tests. His career having coincided with India's era of spin, it was difficult for a seamer to make it to the playing eleven unless he could have made the bat speak as well...

He rose into prominence as a 20-year-old, when he spearheaded a combined team of East Zone and Central Zone to a win over the touring West Indies in 1966-67, returning with figures of 4 for 64 and 7 for 49...

Apart from his debut Test against England at Leeds in June 1967, Guha's remaining three Tests were at home, against Bill Lawry's Australia in 1969, the fourth Test at Eden Gardens being his last - he missed the historic 1971 tour to the West Indies down with Chicken Pox, and was never considered again...

True that he had nothing much of import to show with just 3 wickets and 17 runs from the four Tests that he played for India, but one felt that Guha could have certainly been given a better deal...

The spearhead of Bengal's attack from 1965-66 till 1976-77 in the domestic circuit, he has 299 wickets from 85 first class games @20.29 to his name, with 7/18 as his best figures. He scored 1067 runs with 75 as his highest...

Working for SBI, Guha shifted base to Bombay in 1980. He passed away after a massive heart attack this day, 2003...


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