Shiv_Sunder_Das

Shiv Sunder Das

Shiv Sunder Das

Indian cricketer


Shiv Sunder Das pronunciation (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer and current senior men's national cricket team selector. 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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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 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

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 national cricket team by the West Indies Cricket Board 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] In 2021, he has been named as the batting coach of the Indian women's team.[13]


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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2007.[permanent dead link]
  3. "India's golden boy". ESPNcricinfo. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. Chidananda, Shreedutta (15 February 2018). "Shiv Sunder Das: 'Happy with my career and have no regrets'". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "Shiv Sundar Das appointed as the coach of Barbados Team". CricTracker. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. "Shiv Sunder Das to Coach Manipur During Ranji Trophy 2018". cricketaddictor. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. "SS Das was to be India selector, but 'retirement date' criteria ruled him out". The Indian Express. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  9. "Retirement criteria ruled Shiv Sunder Das out of reckoning as national selector". sportskeeda.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  10. Acharya, Shayan (26 August 2017). "Shiv Sundar Das: This is a challenge for me". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 January 2019.



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