Shuvagata Hom

Shuvagoto Hom
Personal information
Full name Shuvagoto Hom Das Chowdhury
Born 11 November 1986
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
  • Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 100) 16 August 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 18 October 2011 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–present Dhaka Division
2010 Rajshahi Rangers
2012 Sylhet Royals
2013–present Barisal Burners
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 4 22 29 32
Runs scored 70 1,358 498 294
Batting average 35.00 42.43 19.15 12.25
100s/50s 0/0 3/9 0/4 0/2
Top score 35* 166* 56 62
Balls bowled 12 1,223 236 105
Wickets 0 22 4 4
Bowling average 27.54 47.75 43.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/33 1/11 1/5
Catches/stumpings 0/– 24/– 13/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 NOvember 2013

Shuvagoto Hom Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he respresents Dhaka Division in first-class and list A cricket and Rajshahi Division in twenty20 matches. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Bangladesh in 2011 against Zimbabwe. He made his Test match debut against the West Indies in September 2014.

Career

Hom made his first-class debut on 20 January 2010 in a National League match for Dhaka against Barisal. Dhaka batted once in the match and coming in at number seven Hom scored 52 runs from 82 balls.[1] During a warm-up match against a touring England side in March 2010, Hom scored 91 runs from 30 balls for Bangladesh A from the bowling of Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry as England enticed his side to declare.[2] Hom scored his maiden century in October 2010, during the opening match of the National Cricket League against Khulna Division. Hom scored 105 runs from 203 balls as the match ended in a draw.[3] Dhaka were runners-up and Hom played three of his team's nine matches, scoring 318 runs including two centuries.[4]

After a disappointing World Cup, in which Bangladesh failed to progress beyond the group stage, Bangladesh faced Australia in a three-match ODI series. Hom was drafted into the national squad for the first time.[5] He had to wait until Bangladesh's next series, five ODIs against Zimbabwe in August, before he made his debut. It was expected that Hom would be introduced at the number four spot,[6] but instead on debut he batted at number six. Debuting in the third match, he scored 32 runs from 36 balls before he was run out.[7]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League in 2012, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year.[8] An auction was held for teams to buy players,[9] and Hom was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $80,000.[10] He scored 55 runs from 6 innings in the competition.[11] In April the BCB awarded Hom with a rookie contract.[12]

References

  1. f52217 Barisal Division v Dhaka Division: National Cricket League 2009/10 (First Phase), Cricket Archive, retrieved 2011-08-16
  2. Miller, Andrew (9 March 2010), Pietersen and Ashraful fail again, ESPNcricnfo, retrieved 2011-08-16
  3. Imam, Rabeed (9 October 2010), Rain forces stalemate in first round of matches, ESPNcricnfo, retrieved 2011-10-20
  4. Records / National Cricket League, 2010/11 / Most runs, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2011-10-20
  5. Mortaza returns, Ashraful axed for Australia ODIs, ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2011, retrieved 2011-10-20
  6. Uncapped Nasir, Shuvagoto in squad for Zimbabwe, ESPNcricinfo, 15 July 2011, retrieved 2011-10-20
  7. a21465 o3180 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh: Bangladesh in Zimbabwe 2011 (3rd ODI), CricketArchive, retrieved 2011-10-20
  8. Engineer, Tariq (28 December 2011), Bangladesh Premier League to begin on February 9, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  9. Isam, Mohammad (19 January 2012), Afridi and Gayle fetch highest BPL prices, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  10. Bangladesh Premier League: players standing after auction (PDF), ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2012-01-20
  11. Bangladesh Premier League, 2011/12 / Records / Most runs, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2012-03-21
  12. Ashraful chopped from central contracts list, Cricinfo, 1 April 2012, retrieved 2012-04-02

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