Rabinranath "Robin" Mukherjee (12 November 1943 – 14 March 2009) was a cricketer who played
first-class cricket for a number of teams in
India from 1964 to 1980.
An opening batsman, Mukherjee played his first first-class match in 1964-65 for
Railways against
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, scoring 90 not out in the second innings before his captain declared. He moved to
Bengal, and in 1966-67, on his first appearance for the team, he made 111 against
Bihar. In 1967-68, on his first appearance for
State Bank of India
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in the
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament
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1930-31 t ...
, he made 183 in 260 minutes, putting on 233 for the third wicket with
Hanumant Singh.
He moved to
Bihar in 1969. In 1970-71 he made 288 runs at 48.00 in the
Ranji Trophy
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as Bihar progressed to the semi-finals for only the third time. He made 58, the only score of the match over 30, as Bihar beat
Assam by an innings, then 53 when Bihar gained a first-innings lead over Bengal to progress to the finals. Against
Mysore in the quarter-final he scored 130 to help Bihar to a two-run first-innings lead and a place in the semi-final, which they lost to
Punjab. He continued to play regularly for Bihar until 1977-78. Later he served as a selector for Bengal and as chief curator of pitches for East Zone.
He was not related to
Raja Mukherjee
Raja Mukherjee (17 May 1951 – 18 July 2022) was an Indian cricket
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, who played as a batsman for Bengal in the late 1960s and 1970s. They opened the batting together in 1967-68, making 112 for the first wicket in their first partnership.
References
External links
Robin Mukherjee at CricketArchive*
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1943 births
2009 deaths
Indian cricketers
Cricketers from Kolkata
Bihar cricketers
East Zone cricketers
Railways cricketers
Bengal cricketers
State Bank of India cricketers