 "Ex-Bengal cricketer Tapan Jyoti Banerjee dies after prolonged illness at 73")
Kolkata: Former Bengal and East Zone all-rounder Tapan Jyoti Banerjee passed away on Monday at a hospital in Kolkata after a prolonged spell of illness, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) said.
Banerjee was 73. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
“He suffered a cerebral attack a few months back. On Sunday night he slipped into coma. He breathed his last around 11 a.m.,” the CAB official told IANS.
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Banerjee, born in Kanpur, played 18 first class matches for Bengal scoring 217 runs and taking 47 wickets. He was a right hand batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Banerjee’s first-class career started in 1965/66 and ended in the 1982/83 season.
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