Saurasish Sukanta Lahiri (born 9 September 1981) is an Indian former

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er who played for

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. He has played a 100 FC, 76 List A and 22 T20 matches for

and was the captain of the team for 4 matches. He was also one of the first 5 players picked up before the 2008 IPL auction by the

Kolkata Knight Riders The Kolkata Knight Riders, also known as KKR, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla, and ...

. His most famous achievement was taking the wicket of

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twice in the same match during the 2006-07 Ranji trophy final and also during the 2006-07 NKP Salve Challenger trophy match between India Blue and India Green. He is currently the coach of the Bengal U19 cricket team for all formats and was also the coach of Bengal U23 team which was the runners-up of the 2018 edition of C.K. Nayudu Trophy and won the National U23 One day trophy in 2019. He was also the assistant coach when

was the runner's up for the 2022-23 edition of the

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. He was also appointed as the bowling coach of India B for the Duleep Trophy 2024 season. In June 2016 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

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* 1981 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Bengal cricketers India Green cricketers East Zone cricketers Sportspeople from Howrah Cricketers from West Bengal {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub