Bowling style Right-arm off break Batting style Right-handed | 1968/69–1973/74 Bengal | |
Born 7 August 1948 (age 68) ( 1948-08-07 ) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||
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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 90s and currently works as the head coach of Saurashtra cricket team.
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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.
After having coached Bengal as well as India under-19s, 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.
Mitra is the childhood coach of Indian cricketers like Sourav Ganguly and Ravindra Jadeja.