FULL NAME: Soumitra Chowdhury
NICK NAME: Bapi
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 November, 1963
FAMILY: Father (Late Prafulla Kumar Choudhury), Mother (Saraswati Choudhury), Wife (Kalpana), Daughter (Punya Purnima).
HOME ADDRESS: Khutia Lane, Badambadi, Cuttack- 753012, Odisha, India.
PHONE: 9437311711 (Mob).
E-MAIL: soumitrachoudhury@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: MA in History (Ravenshaw College), LL.B (Madhu Sudan Law College, Cuttack).
PROFESSION: Employee of Reserve Bank of India since 1990. Working at Bhubaneswar office.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Left-hand batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler
HOME CLUB: Biswabharati Cricket Club, Cuttack.
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Schools, East Zone Schools, Orissa U-22 and Orissa Seniors.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 13 First-Class and 5 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from seasons 1977-78 to 1991-92.
*     Played all 13 First-Class matches Ranji Trophy.
*     The 5 Miscelaneous matches featured 4 in Cooch Behar Trophy and 1 in CK Nayudu Trophy.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 13 matches, 22 innings, 2 not outs, total 534 runs, highest score 79, average 26.70, three fifties, 5 catches.
Bowling: 13 matches, 4 overs, 11 runs, 0 wicket.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
16, 7: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 19-22 Dec, 1991.
73: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, BOSE Ground, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1991.
4, 23*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, BOSE Ground, Cuttack, 28 Nov-1 Dec, 1991.
3, 15: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, SAIL Stadium, Ranchi, 24-27 December, 1990.
4, 0/9, 15: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 6-9 December, 1990.
2, 41: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 30 Nov-3 Dec, 1990.
42, 0/2: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala, 23-25 Nov, 1990.
1, 79: Odisha vs Delhi, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinals, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 17-20 February, 1989.
3, 9: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 12-14 January, 1989.
60, 8: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 6-8 January, 1989.
22: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 27-29 December, 1988.
28, 48*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Hazaribagh Stadium, Hazaribagh, 9-12 December, 1988.
31: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-13 January, 1988.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Appointed as a Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on 17 June 2024.
*     Captained Orissa in one Ranji Trophy match in the year 1991.
*     Passed as a Level-I coach from National Cricket Academy in March 2008.
*     He has been the secretary of Biswabharati Cricket Club since 1996.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 10 September 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 19 June 2024