Kinkar Daw was an India

India

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Cricket

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Bengal

Bengal cricket team

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. He was born in Calcutta.

Daw made a single first-class appearance, during the 1958-59 Ranji Trophy competition, against Orissa

Orissa cricket team

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. Daw scored 4 runs in the only innings in which he batted.

Daw's uncle, Probodh Dutt, played for Bengal between 1936 and 1944.

External links

• Kinkar Daw at Cricket Archive