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 57)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1987/88–1994/95Bengal
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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Joydeep, Arindam set to be selectors". The Indian Express. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League: Sweating under the arclights". The Indian Express. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ Venugopal, Arun (2 February 2016). "Consistent Bengal brace for hungry Madhya Pradesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sourav's proposals approved by CAB". ABP Live. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ^ Bommakanti, Ujwal (21 April 2015). "Quiet, Dravid Aspirant Ankit's Journey Cut Short". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. ^ Pinglay-Plumber, Prachi (6 April 2015). "This Is Not A Final Judgement". Outlook India. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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