Soumya Sarkar – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born25 Feb 1993

Age33 Years

NationalityBangladesh

RoleBatting All-rounder, Right-arm medium-fast Bowler, Left-handed Batsman

Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	16	831	27.7	57.62	4	3.96
ODI	86	2488	32.31	93.78	17	6.12
T20I	89	1494	17.78	122.05	12	9.39
T20	257	4672	20.13	120.31	45	9.38
List A	226	6213	30.75	87.91	110	5.66
First-class	98	5456	33.67	62.56	72	3.3

Family

RelationsKishori Mohan Sarkar (Father)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	16	30	0	831	149	27.7	1442	57.62	1	4	109	9	23
ODI	86	81	4	2488	169	32.31	2653	93.78	3	15	281	62	44
T20I	89	88	4	1494	68	17.78	1224	122.05	0	5	149	55	47
T20	257	251	19	4672	88	20.13	3883	120.31	0	23	457	183	125
List A	226	214	12	6213	208	30.75	7067	87.91	9	32	662	170	112
First-class	98	171	9	5456	186	33.67	8721	62.56	6	35	713	82	74

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	16	12	84.4	336	4	2/68	84	3.96	0
ODI	86	30	97	620	17	3/18	36.47	6.12	0
T20I	89	28	48	451	12	2/19	37.58	9.39	0
T20	257	91	184.4	1733	45	2/12	38.51	9.38	0
List A	226	136	600.1	3397	110	4/32	30.88	5.66	0
First-class	98	118	758.4	2505	72	6/54	34.79	3.3	2

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Bangladesh Premier League	113	1805	88	18.42	116.45	25	9.30
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	17	161	21	9.47	98.77	1	9.00
Asia Cup	2	33	33	16.50	66.00	1	3.80
ICC Champions Trophy	5	34	28	6.80	52.31	0	6.50
Bangladesh Cricket League	14	635	150	33.42	59.12	11	3.45
ICC Cricket World Cup	15	341	51	24.36	94.20	4	7.24
Asia Cup T20I	5	94	48	18.80	106.82	0	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Zimbabwe	13	346	68	31.45	130.57	3
New Zealand	11	206	51	18.73	142.07	1
Sri Lanka	11	197	51	17.91	127.92	1
South Africa	6	150	47	25.00	161.29	0
West Indies	9	136	43	15.11	111.48	0
India	9	131	39	14.56	111.97	0
Pakistan	7	84	48	16.80	103.70	0
Australia	9	66	17	7.33	72.53	0
Afghanistan	4	28	15	9.33	84.85	0
Ireland	1	20	20	20.00	153.85	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	6	3	81	27.00	13.50	12.00
India	4	3	86	28.67	8.60	20.00
Zimbabwe	4	3	63	21.00	7.88	16.00
Pakistan	2	1	28	28.00	8.00	21.00
West Indies	1	1	18	18.00	7.20	15.00
Australia	2	0	16	–	8.00	–
New Zealand	4	0	73	–	12.17	–
South Africa	2	0	18	–	18.00	–
Afghanistan	2	0	39	–	13.00	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
West Indies	15	568	91	40.57	96.93	6	0
New Zealand	18	425	169	25.00	87.81	2	1
South Africa	5	255	90	63.75	113.84	2	0
Sri Lanka	8	239	69	29.88	89.18	2	0
Zimbabwe	6	226	117	37.67	98.69	1	1
India	8	223	54	27.88	87.80	1	0
Pakistan	5	186	127	46.50	101.09	0	1
Afghanistan	9	154	35	17.11	77.78	0	0
Ireland	2	92	87	92.00	122.67	1	0
England	3	70	40	23.33	74.47	0	0
Australia	4	57	42	14.25	81.43	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
New Zealand	11	5	232	46.40	6.93	40.20
Sri Lanka	6	5	131	26.20	5.38	29.20
Australia	1	3	58	19.33	7.25	16.00
West Indies	4	2	67	33.50	8.20	24.50
Pakistan	1	1	19	19.00	3.80	30.00
India	1	1	33	33.00	5.50	36.00
England	1	0	13	–	6.50	–
Zimbabwe	4	0	57	–	6.33	–
Afghanistan	2	0	25	–	6.25	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
New Zealand	6	320	149	53.33	74.59	1	1
Sri Lanka	4	195	71	48.75	58.56	3	0
India	3	94	42	31.33	62.25	0	0
Pakistan	4	70	33	17.50	57.38	0	0
Australia	4	65	33	16.25	41.14	0	0
West Indies	5	43	19	8.60	46.74	0	0
Afghanistan	2	32	17	16.00	25.60	0	0
South Africa	2	12	9	6.00	37.50	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
New Zealand	3	2	113	56.50	3.77	90.00
Pakistan	3	1	104	104.00	3.76	166.00
West Indies	1	1	48	48.00	4.36	66.00
South Africa	1	0	21	–	4.20	–
Sri Lanka	1	0	9	–	3.00	–
India	2	0	15	–	3.75	–
Afghanistan	1	0	26	–	6.50	–

Last 10 innings · batting

7vs DD

17 & 2vs MD

12vs SD

0vs AFG

9vs ZIM

16 & 5vs CA-XI

69vs ZIM

5vs ZIM

6vs ZIM

15vs AUS

First Class vs DD7 Nov 2026 · c A Islam b MD Anamul Haque 7(18) First Class vs MD31 Oct 2026 · c & b RZ Hossan & st (sub Md Fahim) b Shuvagata Hom 17 & 2(29 & 8) First Class vs SD24 Oct 2026 · c (sub Nayeem Ahmed) b N Ahmed 12(72) ODI vs AFG21 Oct 2026 · b Y Ahmadzai 0(1) ODI vs ZIM17 Oct 2026 · c B Bennett b B Muzarabani 9(17) First Class vs CA-XI6 Aug 2026 · b C Rocchiccioli & c KR Patterson b C Thompson 16 & 5(36 & 18) ODI vs ZIM11 Jul 2026 · b TL Chivanga 69(82) ODI vs ZIM9 Jul 2026 · c C Ervine b B Muzarabani 5(10) ODI vs ZIM6 Jul 2026 · c N Nyamhuri b R Ngarava 6(10) T20I vs AUS19 Jun 2026 · c AM Hardie b A Zampa 15(9)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/32vs DD

2 & 3/18 & 43vs MD

1/44vs SD

0/15vs ZIM

0/9vs ZIM

0/17vs ZIM

0/15vs BS

0/10vs RTCC

2/27vs BU

1/13vs CITY

First Class vs DD7 Nov 2026 0/32 First Class vs MD31 Oct 2026 2 & 3/18 & 43 First Class vs SD24 Oct 2026 1/44 ODI vs ZIM17 Oct 2026 0/15 ODI vs ZIM11 Jul 2026 0/9 ODI vs ZIM6 Jul 2026 0/17 List A vs BS16 May 2026 0/15 List A vs RTCC13 May 2026 0/10 List A vs BU10 May 2026 2/27 List A vs CITY7 May 2026 1/13

About Soumya Sarkar

Soumya Sarkar Biography

Soumya Sarkar is a professional cricketer from Bangladesh. Born on 25 February 1993 in Satkhira, Khulna, he is a top-order left-handed batsman and right arm fast medium bowler.

He holds the joint record with Mohammad Kaif and Umar Akmal for the most number of catches taken in a single World Cup match.

Background

Soumya’s father was a teacher. Inspired by his father, Soumya also wanted to become a teacher but his talent and interest in cricket made him choose cricket has a career.

He played two Under-19 World Cups in 2010 and 2012 and made his First-Class debut for Khulna Division against Dhaka Division in the 2010–11 season.

He plays for the Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League, Prime Bank Cricket Club in the Dhaka Premier Division, and Khulna Division in the National Cricket League.

Debut

Chandika Hathurusingha, Bangladesh's coach, who took charge in May 2014, had a look Sarkar and was included in the squad for Bangladesh's home series against Zimbabwe.

He made his ODI debut in the final game on 1 December 2014 and scored 20 runs off 18 balls.

After scoring his first ODI century on 22 April 2015, he was selected to join the national test team. On 28 April 2015, he made his test debut against Pakistan along with his teammate Mohammad Shahid at Khulna. He scored a total of 66 runs in two innings.

Sarkar made his Twenty20 International debut for Bangladesh against Pakistan on 24 April 2015. However, he could not score a single run in the match.

Rise to Glory

Soumya saw himself in headlines when he Mankaded Australia’s Jimmy Peirson in a quarter-final clash during the 2012 ICC Under-19 World Cup. Soumya scored a gritty 73 runs in the match, but Bangladesh ended up on the losing side.

On 22 April 2015, Soumya made his maiden century with an unbeaten 127 runs in 110 balls, against Pakistan at Sher-e-Ban National Cricket Stadium and was named the Man of the Match.

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