Joydeep Mukherjee

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

Joydeep Mukherjee

Personal information
Born	(1967-02-05) 5 February 1967 (age 57) 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

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.

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]

References

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.

External links

• Joydeep Mukherjee at ESPNcricinfo
• Joydeep Mukherjee at CricketArchive (subscription required)