Soumya Sarkar

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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	53	53	951	3	62*	19.02	743	127.9	0	3	94	38	29	0
World Cup	20	18	381	0	51	21.16	425	89.64	0	1	50	6	14	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	53	156	271	6	45.16	10.42	26.00	0	--
World Cup	20	202	194	6	32.33	5.762	33.66	0	--		--

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