Joydeep Mukherjee

This article is about the cricketer. For the film director, see Joydip Mukherjee.

Joydeep Mukherjee (born 5 February 1967) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bengal. He took up various coaching roles after his playing career.

Joydeep Mukherjee

Personal information
Born	(1967-02-05) 5 February 1967 (age 58) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987/88–1994/95	Bengal
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 13 6 Runs scored 508 25 Batting average 46.18 8.33 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 Top score 79 22 Balls bowled 919 258 Wickets 9 0 Bowling average 54.33 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 3/31 – Catches/stumpings 7/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 February 2016

Career

Mukherjee was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He appeared in 13 first-class and 6 List A matches, playing for Bengal and East Zone. He played for Bengal between 1987/88 and 1994/95 seasons.

Mukherjee became the cricket manager of the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008^[1] and remains with the franchise as a coaching staff as of 2015.^[2] As of February 2016, Mukherjee was the fielding coach of Bengal, head coach of the Bengal u-25 team, has also served as the Asst Coach of the senior Bengal Team. Since, 2018 he has been the Director - Cricket Operations at The Cricket Association Of Bengal.^[3] having previously worked as head coach of Bengal age-group teams.^[4][5] In IPL 2023, he was appointed the Team Manager of the IPL franchise, The Delhi Capitals. He also works as a television commentator. He is the son of the renowned Bengali film actor and director Dilip Mukherjee.^[6]