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 U19 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. He has also been appointed as the bowling coach of India B in the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024 season.[6] In June 2016 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[7]

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Saurasish Lahiri
Personal information
Full name
Saurasish Sukanta Lahiri
Born (1981-09-09) 9 September 1981 (age 43)
Howrah, West Bengal, India
NicknamePatsy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm offbreak
RoleAll rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/2000–2014/15Bengal Cricket Team
2008/09Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 100 76 22
Runs scored 2240 505 124
Batting average 19.31 13.28 8.85
100s/50s 2/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 108 40 44
Balls bowled 19257 3726 438
Wickets 256 68 25
Bowling average 37.48 39.39 19.64
5 wickets in innings 11 1 0
10 wickets in match 2 0 0
Best bowling 7/62 5/43 3/20
Catches/stumpings 20/0 17/0 9/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 October 2015
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