Anjan Bhattacharjee

Anjan Bhattacharjee (25 December 1950 – 5 December 2022) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1970 to 1972. He was deaf.

Anjan Bhattacharjee

Personal information
Born	(1950-12-25)25 December 1950 Cachar, Assam, India
Died	5 December 2022(2022-12-05) (aged 71)
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1970-71 to 1972-73	Bihar
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 13 Runs scored 57 Batting average 7.12 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 13 Balls bowled 1865 Wickets 35 Bowling average 27.08 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 7/10 Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 November 2017

Bhattacharjee was born in Kushiarkul village of Jalalpur Tea Garden in Cachar district, Assam, India.

Bhattacharjee made his first-class debut against Orissa in the Ranji Trophy in December 1970. He took 6 for 26 in the first innings as Orissa were dismissed for 81.^[1] P. N. Sundaresan, writing in Wisden, described him as "[playing] the game with great zest and never [sparing] himself whether bowling or fielding".^[2]

In the first match of the 1971–72 season Bhattacharjee took 3 for 54 and 7 for 10 against Assam, dismissing them for 32 in the second innings, when they batted two men short.^[3] In each of his first two seasons Bihar progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. He was less successful in 1972–73, which was his last first-class season.

Although he was no longer playing first-class cricket, Bhattacharjee received the Arjuna Award in 1974, thus becoming the first cricketer of Bengali descent to receive the award.^[4] He captained the Indian deaf team against Australia in 1978 and 1985 and against Pakistan in 1982.^[5] He later served as President of the Asia Deaf Cricket Federation.^[6]

Bhattacharjee died on 5 December 2022, aged 71.^[7][8][9]