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Educated at the Jesuit institutions of St Xavier's School and St Xavier's College, Calcutta, RAJU MUKHERJI completed his post-graduation in international relations from the University of Jadavpur with a short stint at the SIAS, London University. He played first-class cricket for Bengal and East Zone from 1972 to 1981, leading the teams from 1977 to 1980, and led Bengal to nine victories in ten matches. He also played club cricket for Delph & Dobcross in the leagues in Yorkshire in 1977 and 1978, and represented Derrick Robin's International XI as well as Nottinghamshire 2nd XI in 1977. Raju was a coach in St Xavier's School (1987 to 1989) and Bengal youth teams (1992 to 2001). At present he holds the position of Trustee and Technical Director of The Sunil Gavaskar Foundation for Cricket. He has been a freelance journalist specializing in cricket from 1982 onwards.