Anustup Majumdar (born 30 April 1984) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for
Bengal
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.
He was born in Chinsurah and spent his early life there before moving onto Liluah. He plays for the Mohun Bagan cricket team in the CAB division. He is a right-hand batsman and
leg-break bowler. He was a part of
Pune Warriors squad in the
Indian Premier League
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.
Pune Warriors India Squad – IPL 2012
/ref> Majumdar has played for India A cricket team
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in 2012. He was instrumental in the Bengal squad of 2019–2020 ranji trophy, where he scored a crucial 149 in the semi-finals against Karnataka in Eden gardens to reach 311 1st innings total and eventually went on to play the finals against Saurastra. This knock is remembered as one of the best in Bengal's Ranji Trophy
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history.
He was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy
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, with 560 runs in six matches.
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Indian cricketers
21st-century Indian sportsmen
Bengal cricketers
East Zone cricketers
Living people
1984 births
Pune Warriors India cricketers
Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
People from Hooghly district
Cricketers from West Bengal
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