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Assam cricket team
The Assam Cricket Association Stadium under floodlights
Personnel
CaptainRiyan Parag
CoachTrevor Gonsalves
OwnerAssam Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Dark Green   Yellow
Founded1948
Home groundAssam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
Capacity40,000
Secondary home ground(s)Nehru Stadium
Amingaon Cricket Ground
Secondary ground capacity15,000; NA
History
First-class debutUnited Provinces
in 1948
at Garrison Ground, Shillong
Ranji Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websitewww.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.

History

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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

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Home grounds

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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

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Main article: List of Assam cricketers

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

Current squad

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Players with international cap are listed in bold.

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 Vice-captain
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 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sibsankar Roy (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm off break
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 22) 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 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pallavkumar Das (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Kunal Sarma (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Sumit Ghadigaonkar (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed
Abhishek Thakuri (1998-10-31) 31 October 1998 (age 26) Left-handed
Ruhinandan Pegu (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 23) Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Rahul Singh (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 27) 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
Sidharth Sarmah (1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
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 24) 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 18 October 2024

Coaching staff

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

Records

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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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References

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  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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