Full Name

Gopal Krishna Bose

Born

May 20, 1947, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Died

August 26, 2018, Birmingham, (aged 71y 98d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

In the early 70s, Gopal Bose was one of the prime contenders for the post of Sunil Gavaskar's opening partner. The be-spectacled Bengal batsman was known for his intense concentration and his ability to play a long innings. A marathon knock of 170 for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match against Bombay in 1973-74 brought him closer to national selection. Picked for the tour of Ceylon later that season, Bose did commendably. In the first `Test' he got a hundred and shared a 194-run opening partnership with Gavaskar. Not unexpectedly, he was selected for the tour of England in 1974. He started with a half century in the opening game but then found runs hard to come by and scored only 326 runs (20.37) in first class matches. He could not find a place in the Test side but played in the second one day international at the Oval where he scored 13 and bowled a full quota of 11 overs with his off breaks and picked up the wicket of David Lloyd.

Back home, India were still struggling to find a suitable opening pair with Gavaskar injured during the 1974-75 series against West Indies and for the fourth Test at Madras, Bose was brought into the squad of 14. It seemed sure that he would open but surprisingly the selectors left him out of the playing eleven and he was never considered thereafter. He however continued to represent Bengal with much success in the Ranji Trophy. (Partab Ramchand)

Gopal Bose Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs110131313.001872.22001000
FC781286375717030.79--817--400
List A8711155219.16--01--30

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs11663911/391/3939.003.5466.0000
FC78-44051942725/67-26.972.6461.1-10
List A8-24613452/262/2626.803.2649.2000
Gopal Krishna Bose

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Debut/Last Matches of Gopal Bose

FC Matches

Span
1968/69 - 1978/79

List A Matches

Span
1973/74 - 1977/78

Recent Matches of Gopal Bose

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
East Zone vs North Zone0 & 45--17-Nov-1978Eden GardensFC
East Zone vs Central Zone33 & 62/46 & 0/923-Sep-1977JaipurFC
Rest of Ind vs Bombay35 & 260/531-Oct-1975NagpurFC
Rest of Ind vs Karnataka62 & 1000/18 & 0/525-Oct-1974AhmedabadFC
East Zone vs West Zone10 & 1--04-Oct-1974PuneFC