Shiv Sunder Das (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is currently part of the senior men's national cricket team Selection Committee. He is the third 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.
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| Born | 5 November 1977 (age 47) Bhubaneswar, Odisha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 229) | 10 November 2000 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 May 2002 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 138) | 5 October 2001 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 December 2002 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993/94–2010/11 | Odisha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2012/13 | Vidarbha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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International career
editConsidered 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 34.89, 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 retired in domestic competitions and currently batting coach of India national women cricket team[4][5]
Coaching career
editBack 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] Das was appointed as the coach of the Odisha cricket team by the Odisha Cricket Association in 2017.He replaced the former India cricketer Debasish Mohanty as the coach.[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] In 2021, he has been named as the batting coach of the Indian women's team.[13]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Ramchand, Partab (15 April 2000). "First list of NCA trainees". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ a b "India's golden boy". ESPNcricinfo. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "शिव सुंदर दासः एक होनहार सलामी बल्लेबाज की कहानी". aajtak.intoday.in (in Hindi). 5 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Chidananda, Shreedutta (15 February 2018). "Shiv Sunder Das: 'Happy with my career and have no regrets'". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Happy to be part of coaching camp for NE boys: Shiv Sunder Das – News – BCCI.tv". bcci.tv. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Shiv Sundar Das appointed as the coach of Odisha Ranji Team". CricTracker. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "BCCI eases entry for new domestic teams as logistical challenges emerge". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Shiv Sunder Das to Coach Manipur During Ranji Trophy 2018". cricketaddictor. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "SS Das was to be India selector, but 'retirement date' criteria ruled him out". The Indian Express. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Retirement criteria ruled Shiv Sunder Das out of reckoning as national selector". sportskeeda.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Acharya, Shayan (26 August 2017). "Shiv Sundar Das: This is a challenge for me". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Former Test opener Shiv Sunder Das named India Women batting coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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