Shiv Sunder Das (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian

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er and 3rd player from

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to represent

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. He is a right-handed opening batsman. In

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he played for

. Das was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the

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. He proceeded to make his Test debut later that year.

International career

Considered the answer to India's search for a genuine

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opener, Das was selected for the 2002 tour of

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but after failing to score a fifty during the tour, he was dropped from the Test XI in the subsequent tour of

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, and has not played for India since. Das represented India in 23 Test matches and scored 1,326 runs at an average of 34.89, hitting two centuries – both of them against

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. He was awarded the Man of the Series award during this tour to Zimbabwe, in 2001. Das then hit 250 in a first-class match against

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during India's tour to England in 2002. In

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, Das now retired in domestic competitions and currently batting coach of India national women cricket team

Coaching career

Back in 2016, he was training the boys in the U-16 & U-19 camp in Dimapur and Shillong Before taking coach role for a senior side. Shiv sunder Das was appointed as the coach of the

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by the

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in 2017.He replaced the former India cricketer Debasish Mohanty as the head coached Barbados cricket team. In August 2018, he was appointed as the coach of Manipur cricket team. He was ruled out as National Selector due to the 'Retirement date' criteria because his retirement from all formats was not completed 5 years. In 2021, he has been named as the batting coach of the Indian women's team.

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* Indian cricketers 1977 births Living people India One Day International cricketers India Test cricketers East Zone cricketers Odisha cricketers Vidarbha cricketers Indian cricket coaches Sportspeople from Bhubaneswar Cricketers from Odisha {{India-cricket-bio-1970s-stub