The East Bengal cricket team is an Indian professional cricket team based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It participates in various tournaments of varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens and Jadavpur University Campus Ground.
The club currently participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League and JC Mukherjee Trophy. They have so far won 60 major state-level trophies in their history.
History The East Bengal Club Cricket team has been operative since the formation of the club in 1920 and has been actively participating in the Cricket Association of Bengal first Division league since the 50s and won their first Cricket Association of Bengal First Division League title in 1974–75 season jointly with Mohun Bagan. The team has won the CAB First Division League sixteen times, with the latest league title in the 2016–17 season. The team has also won the CAB Senior Knockout tournament thirteen times, the J. C. Mukherjee Trophy twelve times, the P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy ten times, the A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy eight times.
Many famous names have come and played for the East Bengal Cricket team, including the "Master Blaster" Sachin Tendulkar. He, along with Indian cricket icons Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Pravin Amre, played for the East Bengal cricket team in the 1994 P. Sen Trophy led by himself which they won defeating Mohun Bagan in the final.
East Bengal appointed coach Abdul Monayem in 2023. The club also appointed former cricketer Sambaran Banerjee as the mentor of the team.
Current squad The Cricket squad of East Bengal Club for the season 2024–2025
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold. Name Batting style Bowling style Ankur Paul Diganta Neogi Sayan Sekhar Mondal Left-handed Right-arm Medium Soham Ghosh Right-handed Right-arm spin Sougata Dutta Right-handed Prasenjit Das Right-handed Leg Break Avirup Gupta Left-handed Right-arm offbreak Suvankar Bal Right-handed Wicketkeeper Akash Ghatak Akash Pandey Right-handed Right-arm fast Sachin Kumar Yadav Ishan Porel Right-handed Right-arm fast-mediumMohammed Arif AnsariWicketkeeperSohaib LatifKohinoor Singh02 September 2008 (age 16)Right-handedRight-arm mediumSoumyadeep MondalSusanta DasRoshan SinghSouvik GhoshAdarsh SinghSunny Patel10 April 1987 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm offbreakAnuj SinghArka Pratim DasProloy BanerjeeIdris SardarAnik BanerjeePriyabrata Ghosh Dastidar06 September 2007 (age 18)Left-handed Left-arm legbreak
Coaching staff +Rakesh KrishnanBatting CoachSushil SikariaBowling CoachSwaran BandopadhyayMentor
Honours List of all Major Tournaments won by East Bengal Club in Cricket:
CAB First Division League Champions (16): 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17
CAB Senior Knockout Champions (13): 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15
J. C. Mukherjee Trophy Champions (12): 1977-78, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987- 88, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2016-17
P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy Champions (10): 1976-77, 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17
A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy Champions (8): 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
CAB Super League Champions (1): 2016-17
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