Joydeep Mukherjee
Indian former first-class cricketer (born 1967)
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Joydeep Mukherjee (born 5 February 1967) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bengal. He took up various coaching roles after his playing career.
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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| Born | 5 February 1967 Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987/88–1994/95 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
Mukherjee was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He appeared in 13 first-class and 6 List A matches, playing for Bengal and East Zone. He played for Bengal between 1987/88 and 1994/95 seasons.
Mukherjee became the cricket manager of the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008[1] and remains with the franchise as a coaching staff as of 2015.[2] As of February 2016, Mukherjee was the fielding coach of Bengal, head coach of the Bengal u-25 team, has also served as the Asst Coach of the senior Bengal Team. Since, 2018 he has been the Director - Cricket Operations at The Cricket Association Of Bengal.[3] having previously worked as head coach of Bengal age-group teams.[4][5] In IPL 2023, he was appointed the Team Manager of the IPL franchise, The Delhi Capitals. He also works as a television commentator. He is the son of the renowned Bengali film actor and director Dilip Mukherjee.[6]