Shiv Sunder Das

Shiv Sunder Das pronunciation  (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian cricketer and 3rd player from Odisha to represent India.[1] He is a right-handed opening batsman. In first-class cricket he played for Odisha. Das was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.[2] He proceeded to make his Test debut later that year.

Shiv Sunder Das
Personal information
Born5 November 1977 (1977-11-05) (age 43)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
NicknameShiv
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 229)10 November 2000 v Bangladesh
Last Test22 May 2002 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 138)5 October 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI26 December 2002 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs First-class List A
Matches 23 4 180 81
Runs scored 1326 39 10908 2421
Batting average 34.89 13.00 38.68 32.71
100s/50s 2/9 -/- 24/52 4/13
Top score 110 30 300* 133*
Balls bowled 66 – 382 190
Wickets – – 4 –
Bowling average – – 48.50 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – n/a 0 0
Best bowling – – 1/0 –
Catches/stumpings 34/- -/- – –
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2019

International career

Considered the answer to India's search for a genuine Test opener, Das was selected for the 2002 tour of West Indies but after failing to score a fifty during the tour, he was dropped from the Test XI in the subsequent tour of England, and has not played for India since.[3] Das represented India in 23 Test matches and scored 1,326 runs at an average of 38.91, hitting two centuries – both of them against Zimbabwe.[3] He was awarded the Man of the Series award during this tour to Zimbabwe, in 2001. Das then hit 250 in a first-class match against Essex during India's tour to England in 2002. In first class cricket, Das now plays for Vidarbha cricket team in domestic competitions.[4][5]

Coaching career

Back in 2016,He was training the boys in the U-16 & U-19 camp in Dimapur and Shillong Before taking coach role for a senior side.[6] Shiv sunder Das was appointed as the coach of the Barbados cricket team by the West Indies Cricket Association in 2017.He replaced the former India cricketer Debasish Mohanty as the head coached Barbados cricket team.[7] In August 2018, he was appointed as the coach of Manipur cricket team.[8][9] He was ruled out as National Selector due to the 'Retirement date' criteria,Because his retirement from all formats was not completed 5 years.[10][11][12]

See also

References
  1. "Cricket's Lost Talents! Shiv Sunder Das: 3rd player from Orissa to play for India". Freepressjournal : Latest Indian news,Live updates. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. Ramchand, Partab (15 April 2000). "First list of NCA trainees". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  3. "India's golden boy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. "शिव सुंदर दासः एक होनहार सलामी बल्लेबाज की कहानी". aajtak.intoday.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. Chidananda, Shreedutta. "Shiv Sunder Das: 'Happy with my career and have no regrets'". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. "Happy to be part of coaching camp for NE boys: Shiv Sunder Das - News - BCCI.tv". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. "Shiv Sundar Das appointed as the coach of Barbados Team". CricTracker. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. "BCCI eases entry for new domestic teams as logistical challenges emerge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  9. "Shiv Sunder Das to Coach Manipur During Ranji Trophy 2018". cricketaddictor. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  10. "SS Das was to be India selector, but 'retirement date' criteria ruled him out". The Indian Express. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. "Retirement criteria ruled Shiv Sunder Das out of reckoning as national selector". www.sportskeeda.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  12. Acharya, Shayan. "Shiv Sundar Das: This is a challenge for me". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.


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