Ambar Roy

Ambar Khirid Roy pronunciation (5 June 1945 – 19 September 1997) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1969.

Ambar Roy
Personal information
Full name
Ambar Khirid Roy
Born(1945-06-05)5 June 1945
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died19 September 1997(1997-09-19) (aged 52)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 121)3 October 1969 v New Zealand
Last Test12 December 1969 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 132
Runs scored 91 7,163
Batting average 13.00 43.15
100s/50s 0/0 18/32
Top score 48 197
Balls bowled 1,952
Wickets 29
Bowling average 34.86
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/44
Catches/stumpings 0/– 83/2
Source: CricInfo, 10 September 2022

In his first Test innings Roy scored 48 against New Zealand at Nagpur.[1] He did not score well in subsequent matches, and after poor scores against Australia at Delhi and Kolkata later in the season, he was dropped. In his final Test match, at his home ground Kolkata, he scored 18 and 19.[2]

References

  1. Cricinfo Scorecards: India Vs NZ 3–8 Oct. 1969 (Retrieved on 2009-06-27)
  2. Cricinfo Scorecards:India Vs Australia 12–16 December 1969 (Retrieved on 2009-06-27)


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