Shib Shankar Paul is a right-handed batsman of West Bengal Cricket team. He was born on November 4th, 1981 in Tufanganj, West Bengal. Shib Shankar Paul, the right-arm medium bowler, has also played for Indian Board President`s XI team. Shib Shankar Paul is a strongly built cricketer, who attracted the attention with his consistent performances for Bengal team in the Ranji Trophy. The selectors gave him the chance to prove his talent in the East Asia tour in August 2004. Shib Shankar Paul overwhelmed everybody with his self-control and ability to hit the deck. This performance gave him a place in the 4th Test against Australia at Mumbai in 2004-05.

Shib Shankar Paul had his debut in the First-class matches in 2000-01. Paul has played in overall 51 First-class matches with an average of 4.27. Shib Shankar`s total score in these matches is 158 runs and his highest score in any of these matches is 18 runs. While in bowling, he has picked up 196 wickets by giving 4750 runs from 9921 balls, he played in the First-class matches. Shib Shankar Paul`s bowling average is 23.94 and economy is 2.79. He played his latest First-class match against North Zone at Rajkot, February 11th-14th, 2008.

In the List A matches, Shib Shankar Paul debuted in 2000-01. He has played in overall 61 List A matches with an average of 3.50. His total score in these matches is 42 runs. Shib Shankar`s maximum score in the List A matches is 12 runs. Whereas in bowling, Shib Shankar Paul has taken 86 wickets by losing 2123 runs from 2912 balls. Shib Shankar Paul`s bowling average is 24.68 and economy is 4.37in the List A matches. He played his latest List A match against Saurashtra at Visakhapatnam, April 10th, 2008.

Shib Shankar Paul debuted in the Twenty20 matches against Assam team on April 3rd in 2007, which was held at Kolkata. He has played in altogether 8 Twenty20 matches. His total score in these matches is 6 runs with an average of 3.00. Shib Shankar`s maximum score in any of the Twenty20 matches is 4 runs and his striking rate is 100.00. While with ball in hand, he has picked up total 12 wickets by giving 184 runs from 187 balls he played in the Twenty20 matches. The bowling average of Shib Shankar Paul is 15.33 and economy is 5.90 in these matches. Shib Shankar Paul played his latest Twenty20 match against Mumbai team on April 19th in 2007, which was held at Ahmedabad.