22 Facts About Soumya Sarkar

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Soumya Sarkar is a left-handed batsman and a right arm medium-fast bowler who mainly plays as an opening batsman and the creator of the good looking " Periscope Shot".

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Soumya Sarkar is the only batsman to hit 2 sixes in the first over in a T20 World Cup match.

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Soumya Sarkar was born in Satkhira to a Bengali Hindu family.

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Soumya Sarkar was named Soumya Shanto but later the word 'Shanto' was dropped from his name.

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On 27 February 2020, Soumya Sarkar married his long-time girlfriend Priyonti Debnath Puja.

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Soumya Sarkar is a top-order batter, who was a part of the 2010 and 2012 Under-19 World Cup teams.

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Soumya Sarkar's innings contained 16 sixes, a record for a List A innings in Bangladesh.

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Soumya Sarkar's record breaking innings propelled Abahani Limited to their 20th Dhaka Premier League title.

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Soumya Sarkar had a successful journey in the BPL having scored 331 runs and picking up 12 wickets in 12 matches.

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In November 2013, Soumya Sarkar was included in Bangladesh's T20 squad for a one-off game against New Zealand, but did not find a place in the final XI.

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Soumya Sarkar was included in the squad for Bangladesh's home series against Zimbabwe in 2014 and finally, he made his One Day International debut for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe on 1 December 2014.

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Soumya Sarkar made his Twenty20 International debut for Bangladesh against Pakistan in April 2015.

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On 22 April 2015, Soumya Sarkar hit his maiden ODI hundred and added 145 with Tamim Iqbal.

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Soumya Sarkar made his Test debut against Pakistan in April 2015.

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Soumya Sarkar played in Bangladesh's 100th Test match, where they defeated Sri Lanka on their home soil.

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Soumya Sarkar played a key role in that historic Test match, scoring 61 in the first innings and taking five catches, the most by any player for Bangladesh in a single Test match.

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Soumya Sarkar set the record for taking the most catches for Bangladeshi in a Test innings.

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In 2019, Soumya Sarkar scored his maiden Test century against New Zealand at Seddon Park equaling Tamim Iqbal's record who scored a century in 94 balls against England at Lord's in 2010.

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On 24 June 2019, in the match against Afghanistan, Soumya Sarkar played in his 50th ODI.

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In November 2019, Soumya Sarkar was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

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Soumya Sarkar was named in the T20I squad played against Zimbabwe in July 2021.

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Soumya Sarkar became the Player of the series for his all-round performance, scoring 126 runs at an average of 42 and picking up 3 wickets.