Assam cricket team

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Assam cricket team
Barsapara Cricket Stadium match under floodlights.jpg
The Assam Cricket Association Stadium under floodlights
Personnel
Captain Riyan Parag
CoachTrevor Gonsalves
Owner Assam Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Dark Green
  Yellow
Founded1948
Home ground Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
Capacity40,000
Secondary home ground(s) Nehru Stadium
Amingaon Cricket Ground
Secondary ground capacity15,000; NA
History
First-class debut United Provinces
in 1948
at  Garrison Ground, Shillong
Ranji Trophy  wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins0
Official website www.assamcricket.com

The Assam cricket team is a domestic cricket team represents the Indian state of Assam, run by the Assam Cricket Association. The team competes in the first-class Ranji Trophy tournament, limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament and the Twenty20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

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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 2002–03 season, when the zonal system was abandoned, Assam formed part of East Zone, and never progressed further than the pre-quarter-finals. They won their plate group in 2006/07 before losing the semi-final to Orissa. In the 2009–10 season Assam entered the elite group of the Ranji Trophy, and topped the plate group and subsequently progressed to the Super League. However, in 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

Home grounds

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

Players capped for Assam who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:

Prominent players at the domestic level:

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

Current squad

Players with international cap are listed in bold.

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Denish Das 17 May 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Vice-captain
Rishav Das 16 December 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Saahil Jain 22 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sibsankar Roy 10 October 1990 (age 34)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Rahul Hazarika 31 May 1993 (age 31)Left-handedRight-arm off break
Parvej Musaraf 11 November 2003 (age 21)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Subham Mandal 23 August 1998 (age 26)Left-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Riyan Parag 10 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break Captain
Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Swarupam Purkayastha 15 September 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pallavkumar Das 17 January 1990 (age 34)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Kunal Sarma2 February 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Jitumoni Kalita 10 October 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Sumit Ghadigaonkar 11 April 1992 (age 32)Right-handed
Abhishek Thakuri 31 October 1998 (age 26)Left-handed
Ruhinandan Pegu23 June 2001 (age 23)Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Rahul Singh 13 September 1997 (age 27)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Avinov Choudhury 1 December 1999 (age 25)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sidharth Sarmah 7 December 1998 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Nipan Deka15 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Roshan Alam 20 April 1995 (age 29)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Mukhtar Hussain 11 January 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Akash Sengupta 26 October 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Mrinmoy Dutta 24 November 1998 (age 26)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
Sourav Dey23 December 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Darshan Rajbongshi1 March 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Updated as on 1 December 2024

Coaching staff

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.

See also

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