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

ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Hosted 14 ODIs.
Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati
Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar

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 Sharma	(1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	FC 100/50 : 5/13
T20 Captain and Bowler
	Abu Nechim	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC Wkts : 150+
Opening Batsmen
	Rishav Das	(1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Rahul Hazarika	(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
	Parvez Aziz	(1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Batsmen
	Pallavkumar Das	(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
	Sibsankar Roy	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice captain
	Riyan Parag	(2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Romario Sharma	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
	Amit Sinha	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Leg break
All-rounders
	Swarupam Purkayastha	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Rajjakuddin Ahmed	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
	Dhiraj Goswami	(1985-05-01) 1 May 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
	Kunal Saikia	(1988-06-19) 19 June 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed
	Wasiqur Rahman	(1994-12-29) 29 December 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed
Bowlers
	Krishna Das	(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC Wkts : 130+
	Arup Das	(1991-07-27) 27 July 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	FC Wkts : 140+
	Pritam Das	(1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	LA Wkts : 50+
	Deepak Gohain	(1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Rahul Singh	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Slow 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.

References

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

External links

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[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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