Assam cricket team

Assam Cricket Team
Personnel
Captain Gokul Sharma
Coach Zakaria Zuffri
Owner Assam Cricket Association
Team information
Colours      Dark green      Yellow
Founded 1948
Home ground

ACA Stadium, Barsapara (Capacity:40,000);

Nehru Stadium (Capacity:15,000)
History
Ranji Trophy wins 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins 0
Official website: www.assamcricket.com

The Assam cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Assam, run by the Assam Cricket Association. They compete and represent the state annually in the first-class Ranji Trophy tournament, limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament and the Twenty 20 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 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.

Home grounds

Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in (in chronological order) Shillong, Jorhat, Nowgong, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and Tinsukia.[5]

Famous players

Current squad

Players with an IPL contract are listed in bold.

No. Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
FC & LA Captain and Batsman
Gokul Sharma15 February 1986Right-handedRight-arm leg breakFC 100/50 : 5/13
T20 Captain and Bowler
Abu Nechim5 November 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastFC Wkts : 150+
Opening Batsmen
Rishav Das16 December 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rahul Hazarika31 May 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break
Parvez Aziz8 December 1987Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Batsmen
Pallavkumar Das17 January 1990Left-handedRight-arm medium
Sibsankar Roy10 October 1990Left-handedRight-arm off breakVice captain
Riyan Parag10 November 2001Right-handedRight-arm off break
Romario Sharma19 December 1994Left-handedRight-arm off break
Amit Sinha26 November 1988Right-handedLeg break
All-rounders
Swarupam Purkayastha15 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rajjakuddin Ahmed2 September 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Dhiraj Goswami1 May 1985Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
Kunal Saikia19 June 1988Right-handed
Wasiqur Rahman29 December 1994Right-handed
Bowlers
Krishna Das12 October 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastFC Wkts : 130+
Arup Das27 July 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastFC Wkts : 140+
Pritam Das16 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastLA Wkts : 50+
Deepak Gohain11 December 1992Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Rahul Singh13 September 1997Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox

Coaching staff

  • Chief Coach: Zakaria Zuffri
  • Fielding Coach: Subhadeep Ghosh
  • Trainer: Tauhid Ali Talukdar
  • Physio: Parvez Bhati
  • Video Analyst: Rajesh Sharma
  • Manager: Debajit Chetia

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

References

  1. ↑ "Assam v Orissa 1951-52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Assam reach first Vijay Hazare final". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Team unity behind Assam's remarkable season". cricbuzz.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Assam relaxed ahead of maiden semi-final". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "First-class matches played by Assam". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2015.


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