Assam Cricket Association
| Sport | Cricket |
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| Jurisdiction | Assam |
| Abbreviation | ACA |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Affiliation date | 1960 |
| Regional affiliation | East |
| Headquarters | Barsapara Cricket Stadium |
| Location | Guwahati |
| President | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Secretary | Pradip Buragohain |
| Coach | Sunil Joshi |
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Assam Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Assam state of India and the Assam cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The current office of the Assam Cricket Association is at the ACA Stadium, Guwahati. Himanta Biswa Sarma became the president of the Assam Cricket Association in June 2016.
Since Assam played its first home match in 1948, it has also played first-class home matches in chronological order Shillong, Jorhat, Nowgong, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Mangaldoi and Tinsukia.
Until the 2002–03 season, when the zonal system was abandoned, Assam formed part of Eastern Zone. It has not seen much success in the Ranji Trophy circuit but won their plate group in 2006/07 before losing the semi-final to Orissa, despite having not won a first-class match in the previous two seasons.
In 2009–10 season Assam entered into eltite group of the Ranji Trophy. In 2009-10 Ranji Trophy season Assam topped the plate group and subsequently progressed to the Super League. However, in the 2010–11 season, it ended at the bottom of its group in the Super League and face relegation to Plate League for the next season. In the 2012-13 edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy Assam played extremely well and finished runners up. In 2014-15 Ranji season Assam again promoted to Group A level.
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