Pankaj Roy (left) and Vinoo Mankad returning to the pavilion after their world record opening partnership of 413 runs, Madras, 11 January 1956. Their record stood for 52 years.
Roy played domestic cricket in India for the Bengal 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.
Test career
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, including Frank Tyson's debut first class wicket. This tally included a pair at Old Trafford. He was among the four victims (others being Datta Gaekwad, Vijay Manjrekar and Madhav 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 five Testcenturies for India, with a top score of 173.
He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959, which India lost.
References
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pankaj, pronunciation, help, info, 1928, february, 2001, indian, cricketer, former, national, cricket, team, captain, right, handed, opening, batsman, best, known, establishing, world, record, opening, partnership, runs, together, with, vinoo, mankad, against,. Pankaj Roy pronunciation help info 31 May 1928 4 February 2001 was an Indian cricketer and former national cricket team captain 1 2 3 He was right handed opening batsman he is best known for establishing the world record opening partnership of 413 runs together with Vinoo Mankad against New Zealand at Chennai The record stood until 2008 In 2000 he was appointed as the Sheriff of Kolkata He has been honoured with the Padma Shri 4 5 His nephew Ambar Roy and son Pranab Roy also played Test cricket for India He was a student of Vidyasagar College 6 Pankaj RoyPankaj Roy left and Vinoo Mankad returning to the pavilion after their world record opening partnership of 413 runs Madras 11 January 1956 Their record stood for 52 years Personal informationBorn 1928 05 31 31 May 1928Dhaka Bengal Presidency British IndiaDied4 February 2001 2001 02 04 aged 72 Kolkata West Bengal IndiaBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumRelationsNemailal Roy brother Pranab Roy son Ambar Roy nephew International informationNational sideIndiaTest debut cap 54 2 November 1951 v EnglandLast Test2 December 1960 v PakistanCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 43 185Runs scored 2 442 11 868Batting average 32 56 42 38100s 50s 5 9 33 50Top score 173 202 Balls bowled 104 1 146Wickets 1 21Bowling average 66 00 30 855 wickets in innings 0 110 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 1 6 5 53Catches stumpings 16 74 Source CricInfo 5 March 2017 Contents 1 First class career 2 Test career 3 References 4 External linksFirst class career EditRoy played domestic cricket in India for the Bengal 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 Test career EditWhen 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 including Frank Tyson s debut first class wicket This tally included a pair at Old Trafford He was among the four victims others being Datta Gaekwad Vijay Manjrekar and Madhav 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 five Test centuries for India with a top score of 173 He captained India in a Test match in England in 1959 which India lost References Edit দ শ ক শ ক Cricket Celebs ব ল র প রথম ক র ক ট য দ ধ www anandabazar com in Bengali Retrieved 14 October 2022 South Africa set new opening mark 1 March 2008 Retrieved 14 October 2022 OUR SPORTSMEN 123india com Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 27 September 2007 Wayback Machine PDF web archive org 15 November 2016 Archived from the original PDF on 15 November 2016 Retrieved 14 October 2022 Pankaj Roy www cricketcountry com Retrieved 14 October 2022 Basu Prabhash 6 September 2021 Peekay theWayfarer Tea Planter p 16 External links EditPankaj Roy at ESPNcricinfo Extracting history from myth by Suresh MenonPreceded byDatta Gaekwad Indian National Test Cricket Captain1959 1 Test Match Succeeded byDatta Gaekwad This biographical article related to an Indian cricket person born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pankaj Roy amp oldid 1122374712, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
