Utpal Chatterjee (born 13 July 1964) is a former Indian
cricket
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er. He was a left arm spinner and a low order batsman. He had his early education at the
Shyambazar A.V School
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and
Calcutta Boys' School
The Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (Methodist Missionary to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...
in Kolkata, India.
He played domestic cricket for
Bengal
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and played three
One Day International
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s for
India
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in 1995. He is the only cricketer ever from Bengal to have picked up more than 500 first class wickets.
He picked up 52 wickets in the ranji trophy' season of 1999–2000. He retired in 2004 with 504 first class Wicket's to his credit.
Since 4 September 2008, he has been the head coach of
Bengal cricket team
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.
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1964 births
Living people
University of Calcutta alumni
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