Swarupam Purkayastha (born 15 September 1989) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket. He is a bowling

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who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm

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. He played for Assam at different age-levels such as Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19, before making his first-class debut in 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, Purkayastha played six first-class matches, eight

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matches and four

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matches. He did not play top level cricket for another four years. In November 2014, Purkayastha returned to the Assam team during the

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. He was included in the squad for the

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. In his first match of the Ranji Trophy of the season, he picked no wickets. In his next game against Services, he did not bowl in the first innings and picked 5/29 in the second innings. He had figures of 5/59 and 8/29 against

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at Hyderabad in his third match. This bowling performance gave Assam an innings win and was his first

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for which he won the man of the match award. In his fourth match of the season, he picked 5/69 and 6/76 against

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at Porvorim. Assam won the match by 10 wickets and Purkayastha won his second man of the match. In his fifth match, against

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, Purkayastha's all-round performance (3/35, 108*, 3/69) earned him his third straight man of the match award and helped Assam register another 10-wicket victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Purkayastha, Swarupam Indian cricketers Living people 1989 births Assam cricketers Cricketers from Guwahati