Shiv Sunder Das

Shiv Sunder Das is a right-handed batsman of the Orissa cricket team. He was born on November 5, 1977 in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. He has also played for the Indian cricket team. This player from the Orissa cricket team started his “First-class” cricket career in 1993/94. In the “List A” matches, Shiv Sunder Das debuted in 1994/95. Das was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He proceeded to make his Test debut later that year.Test match career of Shiv Sunder Das started against Bangladesh team, which was held at Dhaka from November 10 to 13 in 2000.

Shiv Sunder Das had his “One Day International” (ODI) cricket career debut against South Africa team, which was held at Johannesburg on October 5 in 2001. Shiv Sunder Das has played as a genuine “Test match” opener after making a promising debut against Zimbabwe. He became the second player from Orissa to make it to the national team. He was also a former captain of the Indian youth side.

Shiv Sundar Das has the temperament and the technique of an ideal opening batsman; only a little luck seems to be missing. Shiv Sundar Das came to the international cricket as an answer to India’s long search for an opening batsman; though after few impressive performances, there were questions raised about his merit in test cricket. Shiv Sundar Das usually got the start but failed to convert them into big innings. Apart from his two hundreds against the weakling Zimbabwe, Shiv Sundar Das has not scored a hundred against any of the other teams. Shiv Sundar Das’ last test was the series against West Indies. He, along with his co-opener, Wasim Jaffer, struggled against the tall West Indian fast bowlers operating on bouncy wickets.

Shiv Sundar Das has been a consistent performer in the domestic cricket and hopes to make it to the test side some day. livescore.warofcricket.com gives information on Shiv Sundar Das and other Great Cricket Players.