| Tapash Baisya | |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Fullname: | Tapash Kumar Baisya |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 9 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| International: | true |
| Testdebutdate: | 28 July |
| Testdebutyear: | 2002 |
| Testdebutagainst: | Sri Lanka |
| Testcap: | 27 |
| Lasttestdate: | 3 June |
| Lasttestyear: | 2005 |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Odidebutdate: | 4 August |
| Odidebutyear: | 2002 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Sri Lanka |
| Odicap: | 58 |
| Lastodidate: | 31 March |
| Lastodiyear: | 2007 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Australia |
| Odishirt: | 19 (previously 12) |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 21 |
| Runs1: | 384 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.29 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 66 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,370 |
| Wickets1: | 36 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 59.36 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/72 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Column2: | ODI |
| Matches2: | 56 |
| Runs2: | 336 |
| Bat Avg2: | 12.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 35 |
| Deliveries2: | 2,608 |
| Wickets2: | 59 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 41.55 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/16 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 85 |
| Runs3: | 1,878 |
| Bat Avg3: | 15.02 |
| 100S/50S3: | 1/6 |
| Top Score3: | 112 |
| Deliveries3: | 11,971 |
| Wickets3: | 192 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 32.37 |
| Fivefor3: | 3 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 6/37 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 28/– |
| Date: | 24 July |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/player/56176.html ESPNcricinfo |
Tapash Baisya (Bengali: তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.
Tapash Baisya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain. He took four wickets in a Test innings only once: four for 72 against West Indies on their 2002–03 tour of Bangladesh.[1] With the bat he scored two Test fifties.
He played first-class cricket for Sylhet Division from 2000–01 to 2012–13. His highest score was 112 off 173 balls, batting at number eight against Chittagong Division in 2006–07.[2] His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012–13.[3]
Tapash moved to the US during 2016 with his wife and two kids. Later his wife gave birth another baby girl. Currently he is playing professional cricket for a team in the United States of America in New Jersey. He is also a cricket coach at DAS Cricket in Edison, NJ.[4]