Ashok Kumar (Benu) Dasgupta (born

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, 7 March 1928; died 21 April 2010) was an Indian

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er. He was active during the 1950s and played for the

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

and

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cricket teams. Dasgupta was one of the main pillars of Bengal's batting in 1950s and recipient of Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement Award from The Cricket Association Of Bengal in July 2008.

Career

Dasgupta was right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He appeared with the Bengal cricket team from the 1952/53 season through the 1955/56 season, and played one final season (1956/56) with the Bihar cricket team.

Record

; First class batting and fielding career ; First class bowling career

Personal

Dasgupta was born to Shrimati Saibolini Dasgupta and Shri Jitendra Nath Dasgupta (former Chairman of Calcutta Improvement Trust, Founder member of B.E.College of Engineering and an active member of Jadavpur University). He completed his schooling from South Suburban School in South Calcutta. He completed his high school from

Ashutosh College Asutosh College (Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subur ...

. He was a mechanical engineer, a student of

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked fourth am ...

. He worked with Gannon Dunkerly & Co. PVT. LTD. Married to Shrimati Pranati Dasgupta. Dasgupta was brother to two other Bengali cricketers of the 1950s: Anil Kumar Dasgupta and Ajit Kumar Dasgupta .

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