Debu Mitra (born 7 August 1948) is a former Indian first-class

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er who played for

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from 1968/69 to 1973/74. He became a cricket coach in the 1990s and worked as the head coach of

Saurashtra cricket team Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in the Indian state of Gujarat (the others being Baroda and Gujarat) that compete in India's first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Troph ...

from 2004 to 2014.

Career

Mitra played as a right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm

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bowler, representing

. He appeared in 14 first-class matches between the 1968/69 and 1973/74 seasons. After having coached Bengal as well as India under-19s, Mitra became the coach of

in the 2004/05 season when the team was in the Plate division of the

Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI ...

. Being regarded as minnows, Saurashtra became the Plate division champions in 2005/06 and were promoted to the Elite division of the Ranji Trophy. Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for the first time in 2007/08 and also became the champions of the 2007–08

Vijay Hazare Trophy The Vijay Hazare Trophy (officially known as the IDFC First Bank Vijay Hazare Trophy for sponsorship reasons), is an annual List A Cricket competition organised by the BCCI. The Indian States and union territories teams take part in the Ranji ...

(Ranji One-day Trophy). Saurashtra reached the Ranji semifinals for a second consecutive time in the following season, and became runners-up of

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, under Mitra's mentorship. Mitra is the childhood coach of Indian cricketers like

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning ''"elder brother"'' in Bengali language, Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He is popularly called the ...

and

Ravindra Jadeja Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who represents the national team currently in ODI and Test formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. Widely hailed as one ...

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