Soumya Sarkar

Sarkar shone for Bangladesh’s under-19s at the 2012 World Cup when he scored 73 against an Australian side containing six future internationals and it took him less than a year to get his senior call-up

Born: February 25, 1993

Age: 25

Role: Left-hand bat

Soumya Sarkar is an elegant middle order batsman who has impressed so far for Bangladesh in his international career, as well as being a regular in the Test and T20 teams.

Sarkar shone for Bangladesh’s under-19s at the 2012 World Cup when he scored 73 against an Australian side containing six future internationals and it took him less than a year to get his senior call-up, being included in a T20I squad to face New Zealand but not playing.

In 2014, Sarkar eventually made his debut and scored his maiden century in a man-of-the-match performance against Pakistan the next year when he made 127 not out.

A useful medium pacer, Sarkar has been used sparingly as a bowler in his international career so far and only has six wickets in total.

However, he has first-class five-fers to his name and a healthy economy rate in List A cricket so perhaps a few more overs for Bangladesh will be on the cards in the near future.

BANGLADESH PLAYER PROFILES

Shakib Al Hasan

Liton Das

Mehedi Hasan

Mosaddek Hossain

Rubel Hossain

Tamim Iqbal

Abu Jayed

Mahmadullah

Mohammad Mithun

Mashrafe Mortaza

Mushfiqur Rahim

Mustafizur Rahman

Sabbir Rahman

Soumya Sarkar

Mohammad Saifuddin