If you look at this file photo scanned from the front page of The Hindustan Standard and look closely at the caption it says " Ajit D'costa bowled by Satpathy at Eden Gardens in the East Zone vs. Sri Lanka match on Monday morning. Standard Photo Report on back page". This photo was published nearly 3 decades back and the Satpathy mentioned here is none other than Dr. Sanjoy Kumar Satpathy- a senior and respected physician in Rourkela, Orissa.
Dr Sanjoy kumar satpathy played first class cricket from 1965 to 1978 for for the state of Orissa even when he was a medical student in S C B Medical College, Cuttack.
On his debut representating the State he first played against Bengal which had players like Mr. Pankaj Roy and took 6 wickets- his best bowling figures.
In one all India Inter University cricket matche Sanjoy took four wickets in an over(a record).
He was opening bowler for Orissa, East Zone, Utkal university, Hindustan steel that later became Steel Authority of India- the organisation he still serves.
Sanjoy is the only Oriya doctor to have played for EastZone against Sri Lanka and West Indies in the year 1974 -75.
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