Anustup Majumdar (born 30 April 1984) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Bengal.[1] He was born in Chinsurah and spent his early life there before moving onto Liluah. He plays for the Mohun Bagan cricket team in the CAB division. He is a right-hand batsman and leg-break bowler. He was a part of Pune Warriors squad in the Indian Premier League.[2] Majumdar has played for India A cricket team in 2012. He was instrumental in the Bengal squad of 2019–2020 ranji trophy, where he scored a crucial 149 in the semi-finals against Karnataka in Eden gardens to reach 311 1st innings total and eventually went on to play the finals against Saurastra. This knock is remembered as one of the best in Bengal's Ranji Trophy history.

Anustup Majumdar
Personal information
Full name
Anustup Prabir Majumdar
Born (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 39)
Chandannagore, West Bengal, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–presentBengal
2008–2010Kolkata Knight Riders
2012Pune Warriors India
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 73 75 37
Runs scored 4258 2394 526
Batting average 40.55 42.75 20.23
100s/50s 11/20 5/12 0/0
Top score 159 110 48*
Balls bowled 1101 120 6
Wickets 20 3 1
Bowling average 39.65 52.66 14.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/98 2/38 1/14
Catches/stumpings 60/– 41/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2023

He was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 560 runs in six matches.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Anustup Majumdar – ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ Pune Warriors India Squad – IPL 2012
  3. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Bengal batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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