The Assam cricket team is a domestic

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team represents the

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n state of

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, run by the Assam Cricket Association. The team competes in the first-class

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tournament, limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament and the

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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

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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

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was named as head coach of Assam cricket team for two

seasons. Assam's best finish in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy came in the 2023–24 season under the captaincy of Riyan Parag reaching the semi-finals. Riyan Parag had a record run of seven consecutive fifties in that season.

Honours

* Vijay Hazare Trophy ** Runners-up: 2012–13

Home grounds

* Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Barsapara,

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* Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Hosted 14 ODIs. *Amingaon Cricket Ground, Amingaon * Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati * Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium,

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*Jalan Nagar Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in

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Jorhat Jorhat ( /) is a major city in Upper Assam division, Upper Assam and among the fastest growing urban centres in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and ...

Nagaon Nagaon is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. With a population of 1,16,355 as per 2011 census it is an AMRUT City and 4th biggest city ...

Karimganj Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj town is located at . The area of Karimganj Tow ...

, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and

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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: *

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* 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: *

( 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. ''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.''

References

External links

First-class records for Assam
{{Cricket in India Indian first-class cricket teams Cricket in Assam 1948 establishments in India Cricket clubs established in 1948