Joydeep Mukherjee (born 5 February 1967) is an Indian former first-class

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. He took up various coaching roles after his playing career.

Career

Mukherjee was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm

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bowler. He appeared in 13 first-class and 6 List A matches, playing for Bengal and East Zone. He played for Bengal between 1987/88 and 1994/95 seasons. Mukherjee became the cricket manager of the

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in 2008 and remains with the franchise as a coaching staff as of 2015. As of February 2016, Mukherjee was the fielding coach of Bengal, head coach of the Bengal u-25 team, has also served as the Asst Coach of the senior Bengal Team. Since, 2018 he has been the Director - Cricket Operations at The Cricket Association Of Bengal. having previously worked as head coach of Bengal age-group teams. He also works as a television commentator. He is the son of the renowned Bengali film actor and director Dilip Mukherjee.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukherjee, Joydeep 1967 births Living people Indian cricketers Bengal cricketers East Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches