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Place of Birth: Guwahati, Assam, India
About Swarupam Purkayastha
- Swarupam Phanindra Purkayastha (born 15 September 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Assam in domestic cricket.
- He is a bowling all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm off break.
- He played for Assam at different age-levels such as Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19, before making his first-class debut in 2008.
- Between 2008 and 2010, Purkayastha played six first-class matches, eight List A matches and four Twenty20 matches.
- He did not play top level cricket for another four years. In November 2014, Purkayastha returned to the Assam team during the 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
- He was included in the squad for the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy.
- In his first match of the Ranji Trophy of the season, he picked no wickets.
- In his next game against Services, he did not bowl in the first innings and picked 5/29 in the second innings.
- He had figures of 5/59 and 8/29 against Hyderabad at Hyderabad in his third match.
- This bowling performance gave Assam an innings win and was his first ten-wicket haul for which he won the man of the match award.
- In his fourth match of the season, he picked 5/69 and 6/76 against Goa at Porvorim.
- Assam won the match by 10 wickets and Purkayastha won his second man of the match.
- In his fifth match, against Andhra, Purkayastha's all-round performance (3/35, 108*, 3/69) earned him his third straight man of the match award and helped Assam register another 10-wicket victory.
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