Syed Zakaria Zuffri
“Turning Potential into Performance”
Former first-class cricketer with more than 75 matches and over three decades in Indian domestic cricket as a player, captain and coach — specialising in player development and high-performance team management.
With more than 14 years of coaching experience across India, Zakaria has worked extensively in player development, with a particular focus on Batting,Wicket Keeping, Performance, Tactical awareness and developing players for competitive cricket.
3000+
Ranji Trophy runs
35+
Years in Indian domestic cricket
76
First-class matches played
48
List A (List One) matches
Level II
Certified coach (NCA & ICC Dubai)
A coaching career built at the highest levels of Indian cricket
Level II certified coach (NCA & ICC Dubai) with over three decades of experience in Indian Domestic cricket as a player, captain, and coach. Proven expertise in player development, high-performance team management, and leadership across multiple age groups and formats. Former first-class cricketer with 76 matches and extensive coaching roles at State, Zonal, and National levels.
A BCCI Centre of Excellence Level II Certified Coach and also ICC-qualified coach, he brings together the invaluable experience of having played the game at a high level with the knowledge and methodologies of modern coaching.He focuses on developing game awareness, decision-making, tactical understanding, role clarity, mental preparedness and the ability to perform consistently under pressure
From grassroots and age-group cricket to elite and First-Class environments, his journey has been driven by one core purpose:
Over the course of his coaching journey, he has worked across different levels and cricket environments, contributing to the development of players and teams with an emphasis on performance, professionalism, accountability and long-term player development. COACHING PHILOSOPHY “Develop the player, understand the game, build the mindset and create sustainable performance.” “Develop better cricketers by creating better thinkers of the game.”
Level II Certified
Certified by the NCA and ICC Dubai, coaching at State, Zonal and National levels.
Player Development
Proven expertise developing players across multiple age groups and formats.
High-Performance
Head and batting coach roles across Ranji Trophy, Vizzy Trophy and NCA setups.
Three Decades
Over thirty years in Indian domestic cricket as player, captain and coach.
From batting technique to high-performance leadership
From batting coach for the Indian Railways Ranji Trophy team to Head Coach across East Zone and State setups, and Batting Coach under the BCCI Centre of Excellence — leading teams to titles such as the Under-23 Assam Plate Group Championship.
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