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 northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, run by the

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. They compete and represent the state annually in the first-class

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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

Assam played extremely well and finished runners-up. In the 2014–15 Ranji season Assam were again promoted to Group A level. In the

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, 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.

Home grounds

* Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Barsapara,

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, Hosted 14

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s. *Amingaon Cricket Ground, Amingaon * Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati *

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, Silchar Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in (in chronological order)

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, Nowgong,

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Hailakandi Hailakandi (pron:ˈhaɪləˌkʌndi) is a town and the district headquarters of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. Hailakandi is located at . Demography According to the 2011 census, Hailakandi had a population of 33,637. Most ...

Mangaldoi Mangaldai (); also spelt Mangaldoi is a small town in the Indian state of Assam. It was named after Mangaldahi, who was the daughter of the Rajah of Darrang and was married to Susenghphaa (), (also Pratap Singha), a ruler of the Ahom kingdom ...

and

Tinsukia Tinsukia (Pron: ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is an industrial town. It is situated north-east of Guwahati and away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of Assam, India. History During th ...

Famous players

Riyan Parag Riyan Parag Das (born 10 November 2001) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Assam in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Personal life Riyan's father, Parag Das is a former first-class cricketer who play ...

Abu Nechim Abu Nechim Ahmed (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Nagaland in domestic cricket and played for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed ...

* Anup Ghatak * Arlen Konwar * Gautam Dutta * Hemanga Baruah * Javed Zaman * Krishna Das * Nishanta Bordoloi * Zahir Alam * Rajesh Borah * Subhrajit Saikia * Zakaria Zuffri

Current squad

''Updated as on 17 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.''

References

External links

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