North East Zone cricket team is a cricket team that plays first-class and List A cricket in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. The team is geographically based in Northeast India. They are currently being captained by Hokaito Zhimomi. It is a composite team of players from six teams from north east India: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
History Before the 2022–23 season, inter zonal cricket in India had consisted of five teams, representing the Central, East, North, South and West zones. With the addition of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ahead of the 2018–19 season, a new zone was required when zonal cricket returned in 2022–23. Therefore, North East Zone cricket was formed in August 2022 for both men's and women's cricket. In August 2022, BCCI announced that North East Zone would be one of the six zones to compete in the 2022–23 Duleep Trophy.
This was the first time that North East Zone participated in any competitive cricket tournament in India, with Hokaito Zhimomi being named as the captain. They played their inaugural first-class match on 8 September 2022 and drew the match against West Zone. However, they could not qualify for the semi-final because of West Zone's first innings lead.
They took part in the 2023 Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition for the first time.
Squad Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style State Team Format Notes Batsmen Rongsen Jonathan Right-handed Right-arm off break Nagaland First-class Captain Kishan Lyngdoh Right-handed Right-arm medium Meghalaya First-class Nilesh Lamichaney Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sikkim First-class & List A Langlonyamba Keishangbam Right-handed Right-arm leg break Manipur First-class & List A Vice-captain Joseph Lalthankhuma Right-handed Right-arm off break Mizoram First-class Anup Ahlawat Right-handed Right-arm medium Arunachal Pradesh First-class & List A Larry Sangma Right-handed Right-arm medium Meghalaya List A Jehu Anderson Right-handed Mizoram List A All-rounders Palzor Tamang Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Sikkim First-class & List A Lee Yong Lepcha Right-handed Right-arm off break Sikkim List A Priyojit Kangabam Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Manipur List A Wicket-keepers Prafullomani Pukhrambam Right-handed Manipur First-class Kamsha Yangfo Right-handed Arunachal Pradesh List A Ashish Thapa Right-handed Sikkim List A Spin bowlers Kishan Singha Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Manipur First-class Imliwati Lemtur Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Nagaland First-class & List A Khrievitso Kense Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sikkim List A Pace bowlers Dippu Sangma Right-handed Right-arm medium Meghalaya First-class Rex Rajkumar Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Manipur First-class & List A Jotin Pheiroijam Right-handed Right-arm medium Manipur First-class Nagaho Chishi Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Nagaland First-class Akash Choudhary Right-handed Right-arm medium Meghalaya First-class Nabam Abo Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Arunachal Pradesh List A Abhishek Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Meghalaya List A
Updated as on 26 Jul 2023
Seasons YearPosition Duleep TrophyDeodhar Trophy2022–23 Quarter-final (6th)Did not held2023Quarter-final (6th)TBD
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