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Soumya Sarkar

Full Name
Soumya Sarkar
Born
25-02-1993 Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh
Current Age
29 years old
Major Teams
Bangladesh
Batting Style
Left-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium-fast
Soumya Sarkar

Videos: Soumya Sarkar

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    VIDEO: Soumya Sarkar pulls off a stunner to send back Hardik Pandya

  • Video: Soumya Sarkar’s gleaming presence of mind sets Mohammad Hafeez walking

    Video: Soumya Sarkar’s gleaming presence of mind sets Mohammad Hafeez walking

Soumya Sarkar Biography

The son of a Bengali teacher in a government school, Sathkira-born Soumya Sarkar aspired to follow his father’s footsteps in path of education. However, it was his cricketing talent that took precedence and graduating up the ranks, Soumya established himself as a key member of the Bangladesh squad.  He is a product of BKSP — one of Bangladesh’s biggest sporting institutes. Hero-worship can do wonders and Soumya, who batted right-handed, switched to being a left-hander to match the grace of his idols Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara.
 
The spotlight fell on Soumya for Mankading Australia’s Jimmy Peirson in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. He eventually made his debut for Bangladesh in an ODI against Zimbabwe in December 2014. He grabbed limelight in Bangladesh’s 2015 World Cup campaign, where for the first time they qualified for the quarterfinal. He scored an attractive 51 against New Zealand at Hamilton, and also registered a record of claiming 4 catches — the joint-most — in a World Cup match.
 
Soumya’s rise to stardom was post the World Cup success, perhaps the happiest phase in Bangladesh cricket, where they beat Pakistan, India and South Africa at home. Soumya scored 497 runs in those 9 ODIs at 71, and they came at a strike rate of over 108. It was during these days his unique version of the late uppercut was christened as the ‘periscope shot’. He looked at ease against the pace and bounce of Morkels and Rabadas, and has impressive hand-eye co-ordination.
 
Soumya is also a handy medium-pacer whose strength lies in seam movement. This, however, remains an area with scope of improvement. Soumya does make batting look glamorous like his senior teammate Tamim Iqbal and can be equally destructive. 
 
He played his part well with a fine 61 in first innings against Sri Lanka in the P Sara Oval of 2017. The win marked Bangladesh’s first overseas Test victory in a major nation. However, he will like to work harder on his consistency.
 
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Soumya Sarkar Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 16 30 831 0 149 27.70 1442 57.62 1 4 109 9 23 0
ODIs 61 58 1768 3 127* 32.14 1816 97.35 2 11 203 43 34 0
T20s 66 66 1136 3 68 18.03 930 122.1 0 5 113 43 33 0
World Cup 14 14 341 0 51 24.35 362 94.19 0 1 47 5 13 0

Soumya Sarkar Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 16 508 336 4 84.00 3.968 127 0 --
ODIs 61 400 389 11 35.36 5.835 36.36 0 --
T20s 66 228 361 9 40.11 9.500 25.33 0 --
World Cup 14 126 123 4 30.75 5.857 31.50 0 -- --

Soumya Sarkar Career statistics

Test Debut

Bangladesh v Pakistan at Khulna Divisional Stadium, Khulna, April 28, 2015

Last Test

Bangladesh v West Indies at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, February 11, 2021

ODI Debut

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, December 1, 2014

Last ODI

New Zealand v Bangladesh at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 26, 2021

T20 Debut

Bangladesh v Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, April 24, 2015

Last T20

Australia v Bangladesh at Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai, November 4, 2021

News ON Soumya Sarkar

1st T20I: Soumya, Liton Help Bangladesh to 1-0 Lead Over Zimbabwe

Soumya hit an unbeaten 62 off 32 balls, his second Twenty20 half-century and a career best, after an in-form Liton made 59 off 39 balls ...

Rawalpindi Test: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar Return; Mustafizur Rahman, Imrul Kayes Dropped

Nazmol Hossain Shanto has returned to the Test squad while Mehidy Hasan was not considered as he is still recovering from a finger injury.

India vs Bangladesh 2019: Hat-Trick Hero Deepak Chahar Records Best Bowling Figures in T20I History

Chahar also became the first Indian to claim a hat-trick in T20I history.

Too soon to judge whether Pant can make those DRS decisions: Rohit

India did not review the decision when the umpire turned down an lbw appeal against Mushfiqur Rahim in the third ball of the 10th over, ...

Mominul Haque to lead Bangladesh A for Sri Lanka tour

There was no place for Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Islam, Raqibul Hasan and Tanbir Hayder while Yeasin Hasan is out with injury.

T20I tri-series 2019: Bangladesh drop Sarkar; call-up uncapped trio of Naim, Aminul and Nazmul

Bangladesh have axed top-order batsman Soumya Sarkar and called up three uncapped players in a further shuffle of their squad.

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    Choose one batsman from the below 10 you think did an outstanding job with the bat in hand.

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