| Tapash Baishya | |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Fullname: | Tapash Kumar Baishya |
| 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 Baishya (bn|তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.
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.[1] His best bowling figures were 6 for 37 against Dhaka Division in 2012–13.[2]
Tapash Baishya 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.[3] With the bat he scored two Test fifties.
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]