# Assam cricket team

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

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.
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. In the 2014–15 Ranji season Assam were again promoted to Group A level. In the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, the team reached the semi-final for the first time in their history.
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.

## Notable players

Players capped for Assam who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:
* Riyan Parag (2024)
Prominent players at the domestic level:
* Abu Nechim
* Anup Ghatak
* Arlen Konwar
* Gautam Dutta
* Hemanga Baruah
* Krishna Das
* Munna Kakoti
* Zahir Alam
* Rajesh Borah
* Subhrajit Saikia
* Zakaria Zuffri
Indian Test players from other states who played for Assam, along with Ranji Trophy seasons:
* Lalchand Rajput (1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94)
* Chandrakant Pandit (1992-93, 1993-94)
* Sadagoppan Ramesh (2007-08)
* Sairaj Bahutule (2009-10)

## Current squad

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 | First-class & Twenty20 Captain |
| Sibsankar Roy | (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | List A Captain |
| Rishav Das | (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Saahil Jain | (1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Jitumoni Kalita | (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Swarupam Purkayastha | (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Parvej Musaraf | (2003-12-11) 11 December 2003 (age 21) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Nipan Deka | (2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Sumit Ghadigaonkar | (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | | |
| Ruhinandan Pegu | (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | | |
| Abhishek Thakuri | (1998-10-31) 31 October 1998 (age 26) | Left-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 25) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Roshan Alam | (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Mukhtar Hussain | (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Mrinmoy Dutta | (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| Akash Sengupta | (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Darshan Rajbongshi | (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Abdul Ajij Kuraishi | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 30 January 2025

## 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.