Pritam Hazarika (born 28 September 1969) was an Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler and wicket-keeper who played for

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 ...

. Hazarika was born in

Gauhati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest 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 ...

. Hazarika made his first-class debut for the team against Tripura in February 1988, in Assam's final game in the 1987-88 Ranji Trophy. The team won the game by an innings margin, thanks to centuries and then-best innings totals by both Rajkumar Das and

Rajesh Borah Rajesh Kumar Borah (born 14 November 1967) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Assam and Railways. He was regarded as "perhaps the finest cricketer Assam has produced." After his playing career, he worked as a coach. Lif ...

. Hazarika made a single appearance in each of the following two seasons, failing to get out of single figures each time. He was a lower-middle order batsman.

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