Full name Sibsankar Arabinda Roy Batting style Left-handed 2008–present Assam Role Cricket Player | Nickname Sibu Bowling style Right-arm off break Name Sib Roy | |
Born 10 October 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-10-10 ) Guwahati, Assam, India | ||
Sibsankar Arabinda Roy (born 10 October 1990) 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.