Assam cricket team

Assam cricket team
Personnel
Captain	United Provinces; in 1948; at Garrison Ground, Shillong
Ranji Trophy wins	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins	0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins	0
Official website	www.assamcricket.com

The Assam cricket team is a domestic

limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament and the Twenty20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

.

History

Assam played their first first-class match in the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy, captained by Rupert Kettle, who also scored their first century two seasons later. They had their first victory in the 1951–52 Ranji Trophy, when they beat Orissa by 103 runs; the captain, Peter Bullock, top-scored in each innings with 31 and 148, and took 7 for 70 and 3 for 29.^[1]

Until the

2010–11 season, they ended at the bottom of their group in the Super League and were relegated to the Plate League for the next season. In the 2012–13 Vijay Hazare Trophy Assam played extremely well and finished runners-up.^[2] In the 2014–15 Ranji season Assam were again promoted to Group A level.^[3] In the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, the team reached the semi-final for the first time in their history.^[4]

In September 2017, former Indian batsman Lalchand Rajput was named as head coach of Assam cricket team for two Ranji Trophy seasons.

Honours

Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Runners-up: 2012–13

Home grounds

Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Hosted 14 ODIs.
Amingaon Cricket Ground, Amingaon
Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati
Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar
Jalan Nagar Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh

Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in Shillong, Jorhat, Nagaon, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and Tinsukia.^[5]

Notable players

Indian Test players from other states who played for Assam, along with Ranji Trophy seasons:

1993-94) ^[6]

1993-94) ^[7]

2007-08) ^[8]

2009-10) ^[9]

Current squad

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Denish Das	(2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Rishav Das	(1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Saahil Jain	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sibsankar Roy	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
Rahul Hazarika	(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Bishal Roy	(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Parvej Musaraf	(2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 20)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pradyun Saikia	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Riyan Parag	(2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Swarupam Purkayastha	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pallavkumar Das	(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Sumit Ghadigaonkar	(1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed
Abhishek Thakuri	(1998-10-31) 31 October 1998 (age 25)	Left-handed
Kunal Saikia	(1988-06-19) 19 June 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Rahul Singh	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Avinov Choudhury	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Abir Chakraborty	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Kunal Sarma	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Mukhtar Hussain	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Akash Sengupta	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Mrinmoy Dutta	(1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Mayukh Hazarika	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sourav Dey	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 17 February 2024

Coaching staff

Head coach: Trevor Gonsalves

Assistant coach: Salil Sinha and Subhrajit Saikia
Trainer: Bhaskar Borah
Physio: Dr Koustob Bharadwaj
Video analyst: Rajesh Sharma

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Assam first-class cricket records, List of Assam List A cricket records, List of Assam Twenty20 cricket records.

References

^ "Assam v Orissa 1951–52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ "Assam reach first Vijay Hazare final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ "Team unity behind Assam's remarkable season". cricbuzz.com. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ "Assam relaxed ahead of maiden semi-final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "First-class matches played by Assam". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Teams Lalchand Rajput played for".
^ "Teams Chandrakant Pandit played for".
^ "Teams Sadagoppan Ramesh played for".
^ "Teams Sairaj Bahutule played for".

External links

[1] "Assam v Orissa 1951–52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[2] "Assam reach first Vijay Hazare final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[3] "Team unity behind Assam's remarkable season". cricbuzz.com. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[4] "Assam relaxed ahead of maiden semi-final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[5] "First-class matches played by Assam". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[6] "Teams Lalchand Rajput played for".

[7] "Teams Chandrakant Pandit played for".

[8] "Teams Sadagoppan Ramesh played for".

[9] "Teams Sairaj Bahutule played for".

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