Saurasish Lahiri

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 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. In June 2016 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.^[6]