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Full name | Saurasish Sukanta Lahiri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Howrah, West Bengal, India | 9 September 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Patsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm Offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999/2000-2014/15 | Bengal Cricket Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 17 October 2015 |
Saurasish Sukanta Lahiri (born 9 September 1981) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bengal. [1] He has played a 100 FC, 76 List A and 22 T20 matches for Bengal and was the captain of the team for 4 matches. [1] He was also one of the first 5 players picked up before the 2008 IPL auction by the Kolkata Knight Riders. [2] His most famous achievement was taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar twice in the same match during the 2006-07 Ranji trophy final and also during the 2006-07 NKP Salve Challenger trophy match between India Blue and India Green. [3] He is currently the coach of the Bengal cricket team for all formats [4] and was also the coach of Bengal U23 team which was the runners-up of the 2018 edition of C.K. Nayudu Trophy and won the National U23 One day trophy in 2019. [5] He was also the assistant coach when Bengal was the runner's up for the 2022-23 edition of the Ranji trophy. In June 2016 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. [6]