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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Kamal Bhattacharya<br />
| image = <br />
| country = <br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|9|24|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|12|10|1915|9|24|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace<br />
| role = All-rounder<br />
| club1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]<br />
| year1 = 1935-36 to 1946-47<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 35 <br />
| runs1 = 1001<br />
| bat avg1 = 20.42<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/6<br />
| top score1 = 71<br />
| deliveries1 = 5540<br />
| wickets1 = 117<br />
| bowl avg1 = 19.91<br />
| fivefor1 = 6<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/83<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 34/0<br />
| date = 25 February 2021<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27474.html Cricinfo<br />
}} <br />
'''Kamal Bhattacharya''' or '''Bhattacharjee''' (24 September 1915 &ndash; 10 December 1995) was an Indian [[cricket]]er.<ref name=CC>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/kamal-bhattacharya-bengals-ranji-trophy-hero-iconic-commentator-454393 |title=Kamal Bhattacharya: Bengal's Ranji Trophy hero, iconic commentator |access-date=6 July 2018 |work=Cricket Country|date=June 23, 2016|author=Pradip Dhole}}</ref> He played 35 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] between 1935 and 1947.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27474.html |title=Kamal Bhattacharya |access-date=25 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><br />
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Bhattacharya was a prominent figure in the Bengal cricket community from the 1930 to the 1990s, first as an all-rounder in the [[Ranji Trophy]], then as a radio commentator and coach.<ref name=CC/> His best innings bowling figures came in a semi-final of the Ranji Trophy in 1943-44, when he took 7 for 83 in the second innings after making 67 in the first innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranji Trophy, 1943/44, 1st Semi Final |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1943-44/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BENG_MADRAS_RJI-SEMI1_19-23FEB1944.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> His best match figures were 10 for 101 (6 for 41 and 4 for 60) against [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] in 1940-41.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengal v United Provinces 1940-41 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1940-41/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BENG_U-PROV_RJI_07-09DEC1940.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Bengal cricketers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=27474}}<br />
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