Born on October 10, 1990, Sibsankar Arabinda Roy is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Assam. He was born in Guwahati.
Roy began his cricketing career in the youth ranks of Assam, in the 2001-02 National Under-14s tournament, aged just eleven. He moved up to the Under-15s team the following year, for whom he played for two consecutive seasons.
Roy started 2004-05 with the Under-19s team before moving to the Under-17s, moving back to the Under-19s in 2005-06. Roy maintained his position in the Under-19s in 2006-07, and played a couple of games for the Under-22s in 2007-08, before making his step up to the first team.
Roy made his List A debut for Assam in the 2007-08 Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 35 runs in a narrow defeat. Roy made two further appearances in the 2007-08 List A competition. Roy’s first-class debut followed the following season, making his debut in the second round of fixtures, against Tripura in the Ranji Trophy. Roy is an opening batsman and has scored good number of runs in the Ranji trophy for a couple of seasons. He has elegance and possesses all the shots in the book.
He was among very few batsmen in Assam team, who made an impact in the match against Jammu and Kashmir at Guwahati in the last season, in which Assam suffered a thrashing, however Roy excelled.
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Questions of this week:
1. How many runs Virat Kohli scored in the first innings of the 1st Test between India-SA ongoing Series?
2. For which team Staurt Binny played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3. Who was adjudged man of the match in the 3rd ODI of the India-SA Series?
4. Which State lifted men epee team title in the 24th National Fencing Championship?
5. Who is Robin Singh Junior?
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1. 13 runs 2. Deccan Chargers 3. Quinton De Cock 4. Divyam 5. Former International cricketer.
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