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About Nirode Chowdhury
- Nirode Ranjan "Putu" Chowdhury pronunciation (23 May 1923, Jamshedpur, India - 14 December 1979, Durgapur, India) was an Indian cricketer. A medium pace bowler, Putu Chowdhury had an outstanding start to his career.
- Playing for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy, he took 11, 9 and 10 wickets in his first three matches.
- In 1944-45, he took a hat-trick against Bengal Governor's XI in Eden Gardens which included the wickets of Vinoo Mankad, Mushtaq Ali and Lala Amarnath.
- He started his career with Bihar, moved in 1944 to Bengal, where he played most of his cricket, and returned to Bihar in 1955 towards the end of his career.
- He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Madras in 1948/49.
- He took only one wicket but brilliantly ran out Everton Weekes who had scored hundreds in his five previous innings, and had reached 90 here [1].
- Weekes cut Vinoo Mankad to gully, started to run and was sent back.
- Chowdhury sent the throw to wicket keeper Probir Sen who ran Weekes out. In 1951, he spent some time in Alf Gover's cricket school in England.
- He played a Test against England at home in 1951-52 without success and toured England in 1952 without playing in a Test.
- He was allotted a benefit match which could not be played.
- He was a coach in the Durgapur steel plant in the later years.
- His Test bowling average of 205.00 is the second worst for India, after Sunil Gavaskar's 206.00.
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