Devajit Saikia Height, Age, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Devajit Lon Saikia
Nickname	Lon
Profession(s)	• Cricketer (Wicket-keeper batsman) • Sports Administrator • Advocate/Lawyer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight (approx.)	70 Kg (154 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 42 Inches - Waist: 38 Inches - Biceps: 12 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career as a cricketer
Domestic/State Team(s)	Club/First-Class/List-A • Assam Under-15 • Assam Under-17 • Assam Under-19 • Assam • East Zone • Wills XI Others • Indian Lawyers Team
Career as an advocate
Positions held	• December 1997: Began legal practice at Gauhati High Court • 1997-2004: Worked as a private lawyer • 2005: Became a government lawyer for the Assam government • 2009-September 2011: Appointed as an Additional Advocate General of Meghalaya • 2011-2014: Served as Additional Advocate General of Assam • 2014–2016: Worked as a private advocate, fighting cases mostly against the state government • July 2016-December 2018: Appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General of Assam • 2017: Served as Advocate General of Assam for 2 months • 21 May 2021-present: Appointed as the Advocate General of Assam
Career as cricket administrator
Positions held	• 2003: Elected as Vice President of the Gauhati Town Club (GTC) • 2008: Became the General Secretary of GTC • 2016: Elected as the Vice President of Assam Cricket Association (ACA) • 2018: Resigned from the post of Vice President of ACA but withdrew it shortly after • January 2019: Became the secretary (unopposed) and a member of the first Apex Council of ACA • 18 October 2022: Became the Joint Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) • 6 May 2023: Elected General Secretary of the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA) • 12 January 2025: Elected the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	19 April 1969 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	55 Years
Birthplace	Happy Villa, Uzan Bazar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Zodiac sign	Aries
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Guwahati
School	Don Bosco School, Guwahati (passed HSLC in 1984)
College/University	• Cotton College (now Cotton University) (Under Gauhati University) • Old Earle Law College (renamed BRM Govt. Law College) (under Gauhati University)
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor's in Economics (1990; Cotton College) • Master's in Economics (1994; Cotton College) • LLB (1996)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	• Bike riding • Hiking
Controversy	Assam’s Leader of Opposition challenges his appointment When Devajit Saikia became the joint secretary of BCCI in December 2024, Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna. He complained that Devajit Saikia broke the rules as he held an 'office of profit' as the advocate general of Assam. He also challenged his appointment as a member of the Board of Directors of ICC.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Family
Children	Daughter- Tejal Verma Saikia (from lawyer Anita Verma)
Parents	Father- Tunga Bhadra Saikia Mother- Dipika Saikia
Siblings	Sister(s)- 2 • Kaberi Saikia Das • Jahnabi Tamuly
Other Relatives	Cousin- Nickie Mohua Tamuly
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Mercedes-Benz SLC Roadster
Bike Collection	Harley Davidson Fat Bob

Some Lesser Known Facts About Devajit Saikia

• Devajit Saikia liked cricket and started playing in his childhood.

• In 1984, he played for Assam in the CK Nayudu Trophy for school cricket in Lucknow.
  

  Devajit Saikia (second from right) during a practice match in 1985

• On his Vijay Merchant Trophy debut for Assam under-15 at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur, he scored 55 runs.

• In the Under-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy in 1987, he represented Assam and scored a century against Orissa in Kolkata.
  

  Devajit Saikia (sitting, middle) when he played for Assam Under-17

• He played for Assam Under-19 in the Cooch Behar Trophy between 1986 and 1989.

• He was a member of the East Zone team, along with Sourav Ganguly and Ranjib Biswal, who won the 1987-1988 Vijay Hazare Trophy in Kanpur.

• He played under Maninder Singh in the Wills Trophy (now defunct).
  

• He also played 4 matches in the Ranji Trophy in 1991 for Assam.
  

  A photo of Devajit Saikia taken when he went to Udaipur to play a cricket match

• At the age of 21, he quit cricket to focus on his studies.
  

  Devajit Saikia while studying in college

• From 1989 to 1991, he also worked in the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) after getting a job through sports quota employment.

• He later found a job through sports quota at the Reserve Bank of India (Guwahati) from 1991 to 1996.
  

  Devajit Saikia when he left the RBI job

• In December 1997, he enrolled as a lawyer under the Bar Council of Assam and began his legal practice.
  

  Devajit Saikia with his cousin after starting his career as a lawyer

• As a private lawyer, he contested most cases related to writ jurisdiction, criminal law and insurance law.

• In 2005, as a government lawyer for the Assam government, he also represented finance, taxation, health, and education cases.
  

  Devajit Saikia when he became a lawyer for the Assam government

• In 2009, he played for the Indian Lawyers Team in the Lawyers’ World Cup held in Cambridge and London but lost to Australia in the final. He later played in the Lawyers’ World Cup in 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.
  

  Devajit Saikia during a match for the Indian lawyers’ team

• He is considered close to Himanta Biswa Sarma, the serving Assam chief minister. They have held various positions in different cricket bodies including Gauhati Town Club (GTC) and Assam Cricket Association (ACA).
  

  Devajit Saikia with Himanta Biswa Sarma (right) when they were in the Assam Cricket Association (ACA)

• In the decade of 2000s and 2010s, as a board member of the Gauhati Town Club (GTC), he opened several academies for chess, boxing, football, and cricket.
  

  Devajit Saikia speaking during a chess competition organized by the GTC

• In 2014, he resigned from the Additional Advocate General of Assam after some disputes with then-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi.

• As an ACA member, his biggest achievement was to complete the construction of the ACA Stadium in Barsapara and host the first T20 match between India and Australia on 10 October 2017.
  

  Devajit Saikia (left) when the Baraspara Stadium was being constructed

• He also established many women’s cricket tournaments including the Kanaklata Barua Trophy.

• On 21 May 2021, he created history by becoming the youngest person to become the Advocate General of Assam at the age of 52 years and one month.
  

  Devajit Saikia with Himanta Biswa Sarma (left) after becoming the Advocate General of Assam

• In May 2023, he helped frame a new ACA constitution in 2 months and implemented it.

• He has also changed the age-group structure for football in Assam along with many other tournaments such as the Bordoloi Trophy.
  

  Devajit Saikia (extreme right) during a football tournament

• In January 2025, he replaced Jay Shah as the BCCI secretary.
  

  Devajit Saikia with Jay Shah (left) after becoming the BCCI Secretary

• He is very fond of bike riding and has driven his bike through many areas of France, Thailand, Ladakh, and Route 66 in the USA on his bike.
  

  Devajit Saikia when he rode a motorbike on Route 66 in the US

• He has also done many adventurous trips including a trip to the North Pole in 2017 and completing treks to the Everest Base Camp in 2019 and Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal in 2022.
  

  Devajit Saikia during a trip to the North Pole

• He is a dog lover and has 2 pet dogs named Zara and Goldie.
  

  Devajit Saikia with his pet dogs

• He likes to drink alcoholic beverages such as beer or rum during parties or celebrations.
  

  Devajit Saikia drinking a beer