Jyoti Dutta (1926–2010) was an Indian cricketer who played in the era of domestic first-class cricket in India. He is recorded among Indian cricketers of the mid-twentieth century.
| Full name | Jyoti Dutta |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | 2010 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Sport | Cricket |
Jyoti Dutta belonged to the generation of Indian cricketers whose careers spanned the years around and after Indian independence in 1947. This was a formative period for organised cricket in India, with the Ranji Trophy, established in 1934 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), serving as the principal first-class competition in the country.
Dutta's playing career is documented in records of Indian domestic cricket. Like many cricketers of his time, he participated in the regional first-class structure that fed talent into representative Indian sides during the 1940s and 1950s.
Cricketers of Dutta's generation contributed to the development of the domestic game in India during a transitional period, when the sport was expanding its institutional base and producing players who would shape Indian cricket in subsequent decades.