Probir Sen

Khokhan Sen

Sen and Queen Elizabeth II shake hands, June 1952.
Personal information
Full name	Probir Kumar Sen
Born	(1926-05-31)31 May 1926 Comilla, British India (now Bangladesh)
Died	27 January 1970(1970-01-27) (aged 43) South Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	India
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 14 82 Runs scored 165 2580 Batting average 11.78 23.24 100s/50s -/- 3/11 Top score 25 168 Balls bowled - 150 Wickets - 7 Bowling average - 15.14 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - 3/4 Catches/stumpings 20/11 108/36
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Probir Kumar "Khokhan" Sen  pronunciation  (born 31 May 1926 Comilla (Bengal, now in Bangladesh), died 27 January 1970, South Kolkata (Bengal)) was an Indian cricketer who represented his country in 14 Tests from 1948 to 1952. He was born in an eminent business family, to Amiya Sen and Basanti Sen.

Probir Sen, known as "Khokhan", was the first Bengali to represent India in Test matches, and the first Bengali to keep wickets for India. His agility behind the stumps was beyond doubt, with 20 catches and 11 stumpings.

Sen played his first first-class cricket game representing Bengal in 1943, when he was only 17 years old and just out of school at La Martiniere, Calcutta. A stocky right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman, Sen first toured with the Indian team in 1947-48 in Australia where he was to act as the reserve keeper to Jenni Irani. After impressing in the first-class fixtures he came into the side for the Third Test to make his Test debut at Melbourne on New Year's Day 1948. In the Fifth Test, also in Melbourne, he took four catches. Despite Australia making 575 runs he only conceded four byes. He was the only Indian wicket-keeper to stump Don Bradman, which he did in a four-day match against South Australia in 1947-48. When the West Indies toured India in 1948-49 he played his first home Test series and played in all five Tests.