Full Name

Ranadeb Ranjit Bose

Born

February 27, 1979, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Age

45y 21d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

It would have been easy in 2005, when he was called up at the conditioning camp held by newly appointed coach Greg Chappell in Bangalore and then promptly forgotten, for Ranadeb Bose to give up on his dream of an international career. The 30 players at the camp were supposed to be the 30 best in India and it was due recognition for the Bengal fast bowler with a flowing action, a nice leap in the delivery stride that made optimum use of his height, and who had earned his wickets quite cheaply over his career, at an average of 24.63 and an economy rate of 2.64. However, he soon disappeared from the limelight and, at 26, it was believed he would not have a second coming.

Two years later, on the back of an exceptional 2006-07 domestic season Bose was back and after being ignored for the Bangladesh tour, made his way into the Indian Test side for England. He got 57 Ranji wickets in eight matches, five-fors in five straight matches, and six in all, two 10-wicket hauls, and three four-wicket hauls to go with that. Only five bowlers have taken more than 57 wickets in a single Ranji season. This season was a metamorphosis of sorts after playing second fiddle to SS Paul last season. He took over the lead role as Paul was injured and led a young Bengal attack exceptionally well. At the end of the 2006-07 season, Bose had bowled 10,658 first-class deliveries, and not bowled a single front-foot no-ball. Add to that the 2,113 List A deliveries, and countless ones at other official games, where he hasn't over-stepped even once. It speaks a lot about his new approach to bowling: cutting down on pace, focussed on accuracy and movement, and the numbers are the tangible evidence.
Sidharth Monga June 2007

Ranadeb Bose Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC9110120376214.64--00--170
List A823511121175.04--00--130
T20s1131773.505140.00001000

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC91-1766781793177/24-25.802.7755.7-246
List A82-405231441266/356/3524.954.6532.1630
T20s1111234334114/404/4030.368.5621.2100

Recent Matches of Ranadeb Bose

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Bengal vs Tamil Nadu0 & 102/87 & 0/2006-Dec-2011Eden GardensFC
Bengal vs Haryana50/66 & 1/2529-Nov-2011RohtakFC
Bengal vs M. Pradesh0*0/8317-Nov-2011Jadavpur UniFC
Bengal vs Gujarat--2/8403-Nov-2011Eden GardensFC
Bengal vs Railways11 & 01/4315-Dec-2010DelhiFC

Photos of Ranadeb Bose

Ranadeb Bose and Akash Deep have a chat
Sourav Ganguly with cricketer Ranadeb Bose after being elected the Joint Secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal
Shib Shankar Paul and Ranadeb Bose share a word
Ranadeb Bose is all smiles at the nets
Ranadeb Bose gets 5 for 71 as Mumbai are bowled out for 294 in their second innings
Ranadeb Bose at the top of his run up