Saurasish Sukanta Lahiri is a prodigious right-arm off-break bowler who is very famous on the domestic scene for his numerous feats.
Saurasish Lahiri was born on September 9, 1981, in Bengal, India. He has represented Bengal in various interstate matches with prolific performance. Lahiri’s bowling has already taken 197 first-class wickets and eight 5-wicket hauls till date. Saurasish has had his way even with the bat what with three half-centuries already under his name.
Although he didn’t get a chance to demonstrate his skills, Saurasish Lahiri was amongst the good players in the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League.
The IPL, an acronym for the Indian Premier League, was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). Since its inception on 18th April, 2008, this tournament had been a rage with kids and adults alike. Women too would watch the matches with keen interest. This event was by far the biggest thing to have taken the nation by storm in 2008. There were in all 8 teams participating in the IPL namely Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Though this tournament was held by and in India, renowned cricketers from the world over were roped in for walloping amounts to play for the teams. The likes of Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Stephen Fleming, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Shoaib Malik, Adam Gilchrist, Chris Gayle, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, and Graeme Smith were part of different teams. This tournament was held on such a large scale that all these teams were bid for stupendous sums of money and were owned by biggies of the industries. Each team had an anthem unique to them and their very own celeb brand ambassador. The IPL ended on the 1st of June, 2008 with the victory of the Rajasthan Royals team owned by A.R Jha, Lachlan Murdoch and Suresh Chellaram.
