Assam Cricket Association

Assam Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Assam state of India and the Assam cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Assam Cricket Association
SportCricket
JurisdictionAssam
AbbreviationACA
Founded1948 (1948)
Regional affiliationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Affiliation date1960 (1960)
HeadquartersACA Stadium, Guwahati
LocationBarsapara, Guwahati
PresidentRamen Dutta
CEOSujit Kakati
SecretaryDevajit Saikia
CoachAjay Ratra
Official website
www.assamcricket.com

The current office of the Assam Cricket Association is at the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati.

History

Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in chronological order Shillong, Jorhat, Nowgong, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and Tinsukia.[1]

Until the 2002–03 season, when the zonal system was abandoned, Assam formed part of Eastern Zone. It has not seen much success in the Ranji Trophy circuit but won their plate group in 2006/07 before losing the semi-final to Orissa, despite having not won a first-class match in the previous two seasons.

In 2009–10 season Assam entered into elite group of the Ranji Trophy. In 2009-10 Ranji Trophy season Assam topped the plate group and subsequently progressed to the Super League. However, in the 2010–11 season, it ended at the bottom of its group in the Super League and face relegation to Plate League for the next season. In the 2012-13 edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy Assam played extremely well and finished runners up.[2] In 2014-15 Ranji season Assam again promoted to Group A level.[3]

The foundation stone of the Barsapara Cricket Stadium was laid by Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi in June 2004 and he again laid the foundation stone of the club house and stand of the stadium in July 2007 in the presence of then Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah.

In 2010, Assam Cricket Association change the Barsapara Cricket Stadium’s name in memory of the late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.

On 4 November 2012, the East Zone Senior Women's Interstate One-day Championship match between Assam women's cricket team and Odisha women's cricket team became the first match to be played at the ground.[4][5] In the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy season, the ground hosted four matches. Assam against Kerala was the first first-class match.

Himanta Biswa Sarma became the president of the Assam Cricket Association in June 2016 when his party man Pradip Buragohain became the secretary.[6][7][8][9] Dr Sarma was also longest serving vice president of the association serving from 2002 to 2016. Anjan Dutta was longest serving President of Assam Cricket Association.[10][11] In January 2019, Ramen Dutta has been elected as the president and Ex-Ranji player Devajit Saikia was named as the secretary of Assam Cricket Association in the Annual General Meeting.[12]

Tournaments

Assam Cricket Association conducts various district level tournaments for different age groups. Those are:

  • Nuruddin Ahmed Trophy (Senior days Inter-District)
  • Assam Premier Club Championship
  • Assam Challenger League
  • JK Baruah Under 19 Inter-District Cricket Tournament
  • RG Baruah Under 16 Inter-District Cricket Tournament
  • Amarjit Sarma Under 15 Inter-District Cricket Tournament
  • Umananda Bora Under 13 Inter-District Cricket Tournament

Home Grounds

Affiliated Members

Affiliated members of Assam Cricket Association are: North-East Frontier Railway Sports Association, Tezpur, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Nowgong, Barpeta, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Golaghat, Tinsukia, Nazira, Morigaon, Goalpara, Dhubri, Biswanath Chariali, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Kaliabor, Titabor, Margherita, Bokakhat, Rangiya, Udalguri, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Hojai, Bajali, North Salmara, Bilasipara, Nalbari, Mangaldoi and Dhemaji, Naharkatia

References
  1. "First-class matches played by Assam". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. "Assam reach first Vijay Hazare final". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. "Team unity behind Assam's remarkable season". cricbuzz.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. "Barsapara stadium ground inaugurated". assamtribune.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  5. "Barsapara Stadium ready for Cricket". sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  6. Himanta Biswa Sarma becomes ACA chief Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Himanta Biswa Sarma set to be new Assam CA prez
  8. "High voltage AGM at Barsapara today". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  9. Press Trust of India (11 June 2016). "Himanta Biswa Sarma Set To Become New Assam Cricket Association Chief". NDTV. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. "Himanta inspects Barsapara stadium". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  11. BCCI officials visit Barsapara stadium Archived 12 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Romen Dutta elected ACA president". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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