Bengal cricket team
The Bengal cricket team represents the Indian state of West Bengal in domestic first-class cricket. It is considered Eastern India's strongest cricket team. The team plays its home matches at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Bengal has won two Ranji Trophy victories and has been runner-up a total of 11 times.[2]
Personnel | |
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Captain | Abhimanyu Easwaran |
Coach | Arun Lal |
Owner | Cricket Association of Bengal |
Team information | |
Colours | Dark Blue Yellow |
Founded | 1908 |
Home ground | Eden Gardens |
Capacity | 66,349[1] |
History | |
Ranji Trophy wins | 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 1 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 1 |
Official website | CAB |
Bengal won the Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, in 2012. Under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, it beat Mumbai in the finals at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi on 12 March 2012.[3]
Competition history
Bengal's first success came in the third Ranji Trophy season (1936/37), in which it came runners-up to Nawanagar. Two years later it beat Southern Punjab in the final of the Ranji Trophy to become the 4th team to hold the title. For the next 51 years, although it had been runner-up 11 times (including the year before), it did not regain the title until it beat a strong Delhi team in the 1990 final.
The team was runner-up twice consecutively in the 2005-06 and the 2006-07 season. Their ranks are occasionally bolstered by the return of Sourav Ganguly to the domestic competition.
Best performances in Ranji Trophy
Year | Result |
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2019-20 | Runners' Up |
2006-07 | Runners' Up |
2005-06 | Runners' Up |
1993-94 | Runners' Up |
1989-90 | Winners |
1988-89 | Runners' Up |
1971-72 | Runners' Up |
1968-69 | Runners' Up |
1958-59 | Runners' Up |
1955-56 | Runners' Up |
1952-53 | Runners' Up |
1943-44 | Runners' Up |
1938-39 | Winners |
1936-37 | Runners' Up |
Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Year | Position |
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2016-17 | Runners'-up |
2011-12 | Winners |
2009-10 | Runners'-up |
2008-09 | Runners'-up |
2007-08 | Runners'-up |
Best performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Year | Position |
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2010-11 | Winners |
Famous Players
- Players who represented India
Name | Test | ODI | T20 |
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Ambar Roy | 4 | 0 | |
Arun Lal | 16 | 13 | |
Ashok Dinda | 0 | 13 | 9 |
Deep Dasgupta | 8 | 5 | |
Devang Gandhi | 4 | 3 | |
Dilip Doshi | 33 | 15 | |
Pankaj Roy | 43 | 0 | |
Sourav Ganguly | 113 | 311 | |
Gopal Bose | 0 | 1 | |
Laxmi Ratan Shukla | 0 | 3 | |
Manoj Tiwary | 0 | 12 | 3 |
Mohammed Shami | 49 | 77 | 11 |
Montu Banerjee | 1 | 0 | |
Nirode Chowdhury | 2 | 0 | |
Pranab Roy | 2 | 0 | |
Prashant Vaidya | 0 | 4 | |
Probir Sen | 14 | 0 | |
Rohan Gavaskar | 0 | 11 | |
Saba Karim | 1 | 34 | |
Saradindu Mukherjee | 0 | 3 | |
Subrata Guha | 4 | 0 | |
Wriddhiman Saha | 37 | 9 | |
Utpal Chatterjee | 0 | 3 |
Home Ground
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata - The second largest stadium in the world and also the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders
- Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Jadavpur- It has been leased out to the Cricket Association of Bengal and it often plays host to inter- and intra state cricket matches.
- Bengal Cricket Academy, Kalyani
- Deshbandu Park, North Kolkata - hosted matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Cooch Behar Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy and Polly Umrigar Trophy
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Note |
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Batsmen | ||||
Manoj Tiwary | 14 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vice-captain |
Abhimanyu Easwaran | 6 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain Played for India Red in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy Played for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy |
Abhishek Raman | 6 September 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Played for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy |
Anustup Majumdar | 30 April 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Sudip Chatterjee | 11 November 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Ritwik Chowdhury | 20 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Koushik Ghosh | 22 October 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Vivek Singh | 1 November 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||
Shreevats Goswami | 18 May 1989 | Left-handed | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | |
Agniv Pan | 1 January 1997 | Left-handed | ||
Wriddhiman Saha | 24 October 1984 | Right-handed | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | |
Spin Bowlers | ||||
Sahabaz Ahmed | 12 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL Played for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy |
Arnab Nandi | 11 July 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Akash Deep | 15 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Ishan Porel | 5 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Plays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL Played for India Green in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy Played for India C in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy |
Mukesh Kumar | 12 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Sayan Ghosh | 16 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Ashok Dinda | 25 March 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Ayan Bhattacharjee | 17 July 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Nilkantha Das | 12 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Mohammed Shami | 9 March 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL |
See also
- Cricket Association of Bengal
- List of Cricket Association of Bengal Presidents
References
- "EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA". BCCI. Board of Cricket Control in India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- Ranji Trophy Winners
- "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2013.