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{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox cricket team
|name = Assam cricket team
|image =
|colours = {{color box|#006629}} [[Dark Green]] {{color box|Yellow}} Yellow
|captain = [[Kunal Saikia]] (FC & LA) <br> [[Riyan Parag]] (T20)
|coach = Trevor Gonsalves
|founded = 1948
|ground = [[Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati]]
|capacity = 40,000
|ground2 = [[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati|Nehru Stadium]] <br/>
|capacity2 = 15,000
|owner = [[Assam Cricket Association]]
|first_fc = [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]
|first_fc_year = 1948
|first_fc_venue = [[Garrison Ground, Shillong]]
|title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
|title1wins = 0
|title2 = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]
|title2wins = 0
|title3 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
|title3wins = 0
|website = [http://www.assamcricket.com/ www.assamcricket.com]
}}

The '''Assam cricket team''' is a domestic [[cricket]] team represents the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]], run by the [[Assam Cricket Association]]. They compete and represent the state annually in the [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[Ranji Trophy]] tournament, [[List A|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, [[captain (cricket)|captained]] by [[Rupert Kettle (cricketer)|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 [[Odisha cricket team|Orissa]] by 103 runs; the captain, [[Peter Bullock (cricketer)|Peter Bullock]], top-scored in each innings with 31 and 148, and took 7 for 70 and 3 for 29.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assam v Orissa 1951–52|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20035.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>

Until the [[2002–03 Indian cricket season|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 [[Ranji Trophy 2009–10|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 [[Ranji Trophy 2010–11|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2013/content/story/623199.html|title=Assam reach first Vijay Hazare final|publisher=espncricinfo.com|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> In the 2014–15 Ranji season Assam were again promoted to Group A level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/70150/ranji-trophy-2014-15-team-unity-behind-assams-remarkable-season|title=Team unity behind Assam's remarkable season|publisher=cricbuzz.com|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> In the [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy]], the team reached the semi-final for the first time in their history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/972069.html|title=Assam relaxed ahead of maiden semi-final|publisher=espncricinfo.com|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

In September 2017, former Indian batsman [[Lalchand Rajput]] was named as head coach of Assam cricket team for two [[Ranji Trophy]] seasons.

==Home grounds==
*[[Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati|Assam Cricket Association Stadium]], Barsapara, [[Guwahati]]
*[[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati]], Hosted 14 [[One Day International|ODI]]s.
*Amingaon Cricket Ground, Amingaon
*[[Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium]], Maligaon, Guwahati
*[[Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium]], [[Silchar]]

Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in (in chronological order) [[Shillong]], [[Jorhat]], [[Nagaon|Nowgong]], [[Dibrugarh]], [[Karimganj]], [[Hailakandi]], [[Mangaldoi]] and [[Tinsukia]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/17/First-Class_Matches.html| title = First-class matches played by Assam| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 25 January 2015}}</ref>

==Famous players==
{{main article|List of Assam cricketers}}
* [[Riyan Parag]]
* [[Abu Nechim]]
* [[Anup Ghatak]]
* [[Arlen Konwar]]
* [[Gautam Dutta]]
* [[Hemanga Baruah]]
* [[Javed Zaman]]
* [[Krishna Das (cricketer)|Krishna Das]]
* [[Nishanta Bordoloi]]
* [[Zahir Alam]]
* [[Rajesh Borah]]
* [[Subhrajit Saikia]]
* [[Zakaria Zuffri]]

==Current squad==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
!align=center| Name
!align=center| Birth date
!align=center| Batting style
!align=center| Bowling style
!align=center| Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Batters
|-
| [[Rahul Hazarika]] || {{birth date and age|1993|5|31|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Rishav Das]] || {{birth date and age|1989|12|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Sibsankar Roy (cricketer)|Sibsankar Roy]] || {{birth date and age|1990|10|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Subham Mandal]] || {{birth date and age|1998|8|23|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Gokul Sharma]] || {{birth date and age|1985|12|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Saahil Jain]] || {{birth date and age|1998|10|22|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Pallavkumar Das]] || {{birth date and age|1990|1|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| [[Denish Das]] || {{birth date and age|2002|5|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| All-rounders
|-
| [[Riyan Parag]] || {{birth date and age|2001|11|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||'''Twenty20 Captain''' <br> Plays for '''[[Rajasthan Royals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Swarupam Purkayastha]] || {{birth date and age|1989|9|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Rajjakuddin Ahmed]] || {{birth date and age|1995|9|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| Akash Sengupta || {{birth date and age|2000|10|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
| [[Nipan Deka]] || {{birth date and age|2001|11|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Wicket-keepers
|-
| [[Kunal Saikia]] || {{birth date and age|1988|6|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||'''First-class and List A Captain'''
|-
| [[Erik Roy]] || {{birth date and age|1999|1|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
| [[Wasiqur Rahman]] || {{birth date and age|1994|12|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Spin Bowlers
|-
| [[Avinov Choudhury]] || {{birth date and age|1999|12|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
| [[Sidharth Sarmah]] || {{birth date and age|1998|12|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
| [[Roshan Alam]] || {{birth date and age|1995|4|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
| [[Amlanjyoti Das]] || {{birth date and age|2002|1|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center| Pace Bowlers
|-
| [[Mukhtar Hussain]] || {{birth date and age|1999|1|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
| Sunil Lachit || {{birth date and age|1999|12|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
| [[Mrinmoy Dutta]] || {{birth date and age|1998|11|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
| Hridip Deka || {{birth date and age|1999|10|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
| Dharani Rabha || {{birth date and age|1997|9|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|}

''Updated as on 24 January 2023''

==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]].''

==See also==
*[[List of Assam cricketers]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/Firstclass/Assam/ First-class records for Assam]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/ListA/Assam/index.html ListA records for Assam]
*[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/haeir-t20-2015-16/engine/records/team/highest_match_aggregates.html?class=6;id=1601;type=team Twenty 20 records for Assam]

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