Deep Dasgupta is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played in 8 Tests

Test cricket

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 and 5 ODIs from 2001 to 2002 as the national wicketkeeper. He was later replaced by Ajay Ratra

Ajay Ratra

Ajay Ratra is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.Ratra was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore....

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An aggressive opening batsman, Dasgupta played for Bengal

Bengal cricket team

Bengal cricket team is considered Eastern India's strongest cricket team, it is the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy and were runners-up twice consecutively in the 2005-06 and the 2006-07 season. Their ranks are occasionally bolstered by the return of Sourav Ganguly to the domestic competition...

, where he took over as captain following the resignation of Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times. He started his...

, and was the reserve wicketkeeper for East Zone

East Zone cricket team

The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Assam, Bengal, Jharkand, Orissa and Tripura...

 behind the national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team. He made his One Day International debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC...

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He later joined the renegade Indian Cricket League

Indian Cricket League

The Indian Cricket League was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India...

, where he played for the Royal Bengal Tigers.

External links

• 2006 Interview with Deep Dasgupta for CricketFundas