Sibsankar Arabinda Roy (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian

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er. He is a left-handed batter and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for

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in domestic cricket.

Career

Roy was born in

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

. He began his cricketing career in the youth ranks of Assam, in the 2001-02 National Under-14s tournament, aged just eleven. He moved up to the Under-15s team the following year, for whom he played for two consecutive seasons. Roy started 2004–05 with the Under-19s team before moving to the Under-17s, moving back to the Under-19s in 2005–06. Roy maintained his position in the Under-19s in 2006–07, and played a couple of games for the Under-22s in 2007–08, before making his step up to the first team. Roy made his

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debut for Assam in the 2007-08

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against

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, scoring 35 runs in a narrow defeat. Roy's first-class debut followed the following season, making his debut in the second round of fixtures, against

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in the

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. He has played for East Zone and India Blue in the

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and

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respectively.

References

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