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Full name Shiv Sunder Das
Born November 5, 1977, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Current age 30 years 342 days
Major teams India,Orissa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
23
40
2
1326
110
34.89
3407
38.91
2
9
180
1
34
0
ODIs
4
4
1
39
30
13.00
77
50.64
0
0
2
1
0
0
First-class
149
250
13
9653
300*
40.72
23
43
145
0
List A
77
76
6
2281
133*
32.58
4
12
19
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
23
2
66
35
0
-
-
-
3.18
-
0
0
0
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
149
370
182
4
1/0
45.50
2.95
92.5
0
0
List A
77
190
136
0
-
-
-
4.29
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Nov 10-13, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v India at Kingston, May 18-22, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Oct 5, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v India at Auckland, Dec 26, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1993/94
Last First-class
East Zone v North Zone at Rajkot, Feb 11-14, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1994/95
Last List A
Bengal v Orissa at Guwahati, Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Universally hailed at one time as the answer to India's long search for a genuine Test opener, Shiv Sunder Das finds himself in a struggle to salvage a floundering career after making a promising debut against Zimbabwe. Only the second player from lowly Orissa to make it to the Indian Test team, Das does most things right as an opener: he has an immaculate judgment of his off stump, his feet movements are precise, and he keeps a still head in both defence and attack. But though he was India's first-choice opener for a while, he disappointed his backers by failing to convert numerous good starts. He is yet to score a century against a strong attack - both his hundreds have come against Zimbabwe at Nagpur, and he was a forlorn figure during Indiašs tour of West Indies in 2002, where he was repeatedly found stuck on the back foot, unable to judge the length against the tall West Indian fast bowlers. On India A's tour of England, as captain for the first-class matches, Das did nothing special; he averaged 43, but seven batsmen averaged more. Das' effort to re-establish himself had little effect on the selectors, though he did hit his maiden triple hundred in 2006-07, the first since the 2000-01 Ranji season, against Jammu & Kashmir. The Orissa Cricket Association declared a cash prize of Rs 30,000 for the hero of the day.
Sambit Bal November 2007
Notes
First-class debut - Ranji Trophy for Orissa, 1993-94
