Barun Burman
Barun Burman (born 5 November 1954) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Bengal. During his playing career, he played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and was regarded as "probably the fastest bowler Bengal has ever produced".[1] After retirement, he became a coach and then a selector.
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| Born | 5 November 1954 Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972/73–1986/87 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and career
Born on 5 November 1954 in Calcutta, Burman made his first-class debut at the age of 17 playing for AN Ghosh XI in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament. He went on to appear in 54 first-class and 11 List A matches, representing Bengal, East Zone, Rest of India and BCCI Board President's XI. He came close to national team selection having been named in the probables list on a few tours, but never made it to the Indian squad. He finished his career with 146 first-class wickets at an average of 29.36.[2]
Burman became a cricket coach after retirement. He started a cricket academy in Kolkata in 2004 called "Barun Burman Cricket Academy" where he organized coaching camps for age-group cricketers.[1] He also worked for the Cricket Association of Bengal as a selector on its senior and junior selection committees. He was appointed the chief of junior selection committee in 2008.[3][4]
References
- Basu, Jayanta (22 January 2006). "Catch it!". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- "Barun Burman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- "Bengal to have Challenger Series type tournament". Zee News. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- Siraj, Nadim (18 September 2008). "Sambaran leading race for Bengal chief selector". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
External links
- Barun Burman at ESPNcricinfo
- Barun Burman at CricketArchive (subscription required)