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Debasis Mohanty
India
Player profile
Full name Debasis Sarbeswar Mohanty
Born July 20, 1976, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Current age 32 years 40 days
Major teams India, Orissa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0* |
- |
8 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
45 |
11 |
6 |
28 |
18* |
5.60 |
57 |
49.12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
| First-class |
97 |
127 |
37 |
1359 |
97 |
15.10 |
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0 |
5 |
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46 |
0 |
| List A |
119 |
51 |
24 |
178 |
22 |
6.59 |
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0 |
0 |
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23 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
4.00 |
16 |
75.00 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
2 |
4 |
430 |
239 |
4 |
4/78 |
4/150 |
59.75 |
3.33 |
107.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
45 |
44 |
1996 |
1662 |
57 |
4/56 |
4/56 |
29.15 |
4.99 |
35.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
97 |
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18285 |
7399 |
355 |
10/46 |
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20.84 |
2.42 |
51.5 |
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18 |
3 |
| List A |
119 |
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5544 |
4011 |
145 |
5/22 |
5/22 |
27.66 |
4.34 |
38.2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
8 |
8 |
163 |
183 |
9 |
2/24 |
2/24 |
20.33 |
6.73 |
18.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 9-13, 1997 scorecard |
| Last Test |
India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, Nov 19-23, 1997 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 13, 1997 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 22, 2001 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1996/97 |
| Last First-class |
East Zone v North Zone at Rajkot, Feb 11-14, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1996/97 |
| Last List A |
Bengal v Orissa at Guwahati, Mar 3, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Orissa v Jharkhand at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Orissa v Punjab at Mumbai (BS), Apr 19, 2007 scorecard |
It is never easy for a cricketer from one of the weaker states to break into the national side. And on this count, Debashish Mohanty deserves credit for forcing himself into the Indian team on merit. Another who has come through the India A ranks, Mohanty's bowling impressed coach K Srikkanth who advocated his early inclusion in the senior side. A medium pace bowler capable of achieving quite a
bit of movement in helpful conditions, Mohanty's tragedy has perhaps been the fact that the selectors have not known what exactly to do with him or where to fit him in. In English conditions for example Mohanty would be an obvious choice in the playing eleven. And as he proved in the World Cup, the selectors were right in picking him at the last moment, even though he was not in the original list of probables.
In Indian conditions however, given his bowling style, Mohanty is bound to be less successful, except perhaps at centres like Calcutta and Mohali. He had few chances to cement his place on the tour of Australia where Ajit Agarkar was given more opportunities. But Mohanty was dropped in 2001 and slipped out of the international reckoning, remaining a capable performer wherever conditions help swing bowling.
Partab Ramchand (May 2004)
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Debasis Mohanty in his follow through © Cricinfo Ltd |
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Dec 18, 2007 |
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Basanth Mohanty and Debasis Mohanty claimed six wickets between them © Cricinfo Ltd |
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Jul 4, 2001 |
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Mohanty makes a vociferous lbw appeal against Chanderpaul © Cricinfo Ltd |
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