Assam cricket team

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 Orissa 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 Vijay Hazare Trophy Assam played extremely well and finished runners-up. In the 2014–15 Ranji season Assam were again promoted to Group A level. In the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, the team reached the semi-final for the first time in their history.

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

Assam's best finish in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy came in the 2023–24 season under the captaincy of Riyan Parag reaching the semi-finals. Riyan Parag had a record run of seven consecutive fifties in that season.

Honours

• Vijay Hazare Trophy
  • Runners-up: 2012–13

Home grounds

• Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati
• Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Hosted 14 ODIs.
• Amingaon Cricket Ground, Amingaon
• Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati
• Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar
• Jalan Nagar Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh

Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in Shillong, Jorhat, Nagaon, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and Tinsukia.

Notable players

Main article: List of Assam cricketers

Players capped for Assam who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:

• Riyan Parag (2024)

Prominent players at the domestic level:

• Amalendu Guha Roy (1948-1963)
• Abani Hazarika (1951-1971)
• Madhurya Barua (1957-1972)
• Anup Ghatak (1963-1976)
• Probir Hazarika (1968-1974)
• Amal Das (1972-1991)
• Munna Kakoti (1975-1992)
• Rajesh Borah (1983-2001)
• Rajinder Singh (1988-1998)
• Gautam Dutta (1989-2004)
• Zakaria Zuffri (1992-2007)
• Subhrajit Saikia (1994-2004)
• Parag Das (1994-2008)
• Nishanta Bordoloi (1994-2008)
• Sukhvinder Singh (1996-2005)
• Arlen Konwar (2001-2015)
• Parvez Aziz (2004-2019)
• Gokul Sharma (2004-2024)
• Abu Nechim (2005-2021)
• Kunal Saikia (2006-2023)
• Pritam Das (2007-2021)
• Swarupam Purkayastha (2008-present)
• Sibsankar Roy (2008-present)
• Arup Das (2009-2022)
• Pallavkumar Das (2011-2023)
• Rishav Das (2013-present)

India Capped players from other states who played for Assam, along with year:

• Lalchand Rajput (1991-1993)
• Chandrakant Pandit (1992-1993)
• Sadagoppan Ramesh (2007-2008)
• Jacob Martin (2008-2009)
• Sairaj Bahutule (2009-2010)
• Sridharan Sriram (2010)

Current squad

Players with international cap are listed in bold.

Updated as on 16 November 2025

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.

Series in Assam

Nepal A tour of Assam 2025

Nepal A toured Guwahati for a five‑match T20 series against Assam State from August 28 to September 1, 2025 .

The first two matches were daytime games at the ACA Cricket Academy Ground, while the last three were day/night fixtures at the ACA Stadium (Barsapara Cricket Stadium) .

References

References

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5. "First-class matches played by Assam". CricketArchive.
6. "Nepal ‘A’ to play day/night matches with Assam State".