The Assam cricket team is a domestic cricket team represents the Indian state of Assam, run by the Assam Cricket Association. The team competes in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy, limited-overs tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Twenty20, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
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
Current squad
Players with international cap are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Sibsankar Roy Left-handed Right-arm off break Denish Das Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pradyun Saikia Left-handed Right-arm off break Nihar Deka Right-handed Right-arm off break Rituraj Biswas Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Saurav Dihingia Right-handed Rishav Das Right-handed Right-arm off break Saahil Jain Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Swarupam Purkayastha Right-handed Right-arm off break Abdul Ajij Kuraishi Right-handed Right-arm medium Riyan Parag Right-handed Right-arm off break Twenty20 Captain Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL Wicket-keepers Sumit Ghadigaonkar Right-handed First-class & List A Captain Ruhinandan Pegu Right-handed Spin Bowlers Rahul Singh Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Avinov Choudhury Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Bhargab Lahkar Right-handed Right-arm off break Roshan Alam Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers Mukhtar Hussain Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Akash Sengupta Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Ayushman Malakar Right-handed Right-arm medium Mrinmoy Dutta Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Sadek Hussain Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 1 February 2026
Coaching staff
Head coach: Kiran Powar 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) .
See also List of Assam cricketers
References
External links First-class records for Assam ListA records for Assam Twenty 20 records for Assam