 Pankaj Roy (left) andVinoo Mankad returning to the pavilion after their world record opening partnership of 413 runs,Madras, 11 January 1956. Their record stood for 52 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1928-05-31)31 May 1928 Dacca,Bengal Presidency,British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 February 2001(2001-02-04) (aged 72) Kolkata,West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 54) | 2 November 1951 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 December 1960 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pankaj Roy (pronunciationⓘ; 31 May 1928 – 4 February 2001) was an Indiancricketer who played in 43 Test matches, including once as captain.[1][2][3] He was a right-handed openingbatsman, perhaps best known for establishing the world record openingpartnership inTest cricket of 413runs, together withVinoo Mankad, againstNew Zealand atChennai. The record stood for 52 years until 2008. Roy played for Bengal in domestic matches. In 2000, he was appointed as theSheriff of Kolkata. He has been honoured with thePadma Shri.[4][5] His nephewAmbar Roy and sonPranab Roy also played Test cricket for India. He was a student ofVidyasagar College.[6] In 2016, he was posthumously awarded theC. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred byBCCI on a former player.[7]
Roy played domestic cricket in India for theBengal cricket team. He scored a century on his first-class debut in 1946–47 and went on to score 33 hundreds, scoring a total of 11868 first class runs at 42.38.
When England toured India in 1951, Roy was selected for the Indian squad and made his Test debut at Delhi. Despite making just 12 in his debut innings he scored 2 centuries in the series. The following summer he toured England and had a contrasting series, making 5 ducks in his 7 innings, includingFrank Tyson's debut first class wicket. This tally included a pair atOld Trafford. He was among the four victims (others beingDatta Gaekwad,Vijay Manjrekar andMadhav Mantri) in India's miserable 0–4 start in the second innings of the Headingley Test of 1952 with Fred Trueman playing havoc. He would hit fiveTestcenturies forIndia, with a top score of 173.
He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost.
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