Barun Burman

Barun Burman (born 5 November 1954) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Bengal from 1972 to 1986. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler, regarded as "probably the fastest bowler Bengal has ever produced".[1] After retirement, he became a coach and then a selector.

Barun Burman
Personal information
Born (1954-11-05) 5 November 1954
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972/73–1986/87Bengal
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 54 11
Runs scored 817 101
Batting average 17.38 14.42
100s/50s 2/0 0/0
Top score 101* 44
Balls bowled 7,495 522
Wickets 146 7
Bowling average 29.36 47.42
5 wickets in innings 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/56 2/39
Catches/stumpings 23/– 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2016

Life and career

Born on 5 November 1954 in Calcutta, Burman made his first-class debut at the age of 17 playing for AN Ghosh XI in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament. He went on to appear in 54 first-class and 11 List A matches, representing Bengal, East Zone, Rest of India and BCCI Board President's XI. He came close to national team selection having been named in the probables list on a few tours, but never made it to the Indian squad. He finished his career with 146 first-class wickets at an average of 29.36.[2]

Burman became a cricket coach after retirement. He started a cricket academy in Kolkata in 2004 called "Barun Burman Cricket Academy" where he organized coaching camps for age-group cricketers.[1] Later the name was changed to "Aditya Barun Burman Academy". He also worked for the Cricket Association of Bengal as a selector on its senior and junior selection committees. He was appointed the chief of junior selection committee in 2008.[3][4]

References

  1. Basu, Jayanta (22 January 2006). "Catch it!". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. "Barun Burman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. "Bengal to have Challenger Series type tournament". Zee News. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. Siraj, Nadim (18 September 2008). "Sambaran leading race for Bengal chief selector". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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