Debu Mitra

Debu Mitra (born 7 August 1948) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Bengal cricket team from 1968/69 to 1973/74. He became a cricket coach in the 1990s and worked as the head coach of Saurashtra cricket team from 2004 to 2014.^[1]

Debu Mitra

Personal information
Born	(1948-08-07) 7 August 1948 (age 76) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968/69–1973/74	Bengal
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 14 Runs scored 530 Batting average 27.89 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 90 Balls bowled 27 Wickets 1 Bowling average 0.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/0 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 November 2015

Career

Mitra played as a right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler, representing Bengal cricket team. He appeared in 14 first-class matches between the 1968/69 and 1973/74 seasons.^[2]

After having coached Bengal as well as India under-19s,^[3] Mitra became the coach of Saurashtra cricket team in the 2004/05 season when the team was in the Plate division of the Ranji Trophy. Being regarded as minnows, Saurashtra became the Plate division champions in 2005/06 and were promoted to the Elite division of the Ranji Trophy. Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for the first time in 2007/08 and also became the champions of the 2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy (Ranji One-day Trophy). Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for a second consecutive time in the following season, and became runners-up of 2012–13 Ranji Trophy, under Mitra's mentorship.^[4][5]

Mitra is the childhood coach of Indian cricketers like Sourav Ganguly^[6] and Ravindra Jadeja.^[7]