East Zone cricket team

The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter Zonal. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Assam, Bengal (West Bengal), Jharkhand, Orissa and Tripura.

East Zone has won the Duleep Trophy twice in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons, as well as the Deodhar Trophy four times in the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97 and 2003/04 seasons.

Current squad

Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Fast-Class Captain
Wriddhiman SahaBengal24 October 1984Right-handed-
T20 Captain
Manoj TiwaryBengal14 November 1985Right-handedRight arm leg break
Batsmen
Parvez AzizAssam8 December 1987Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Natraj BeheraOrissa28 May 1988Right-handed
Pallavkumar DasAssam17 January 1990Left-handedRight arm off break
Kumar DeobratJharkhand24 October 1992Right-handed-
Ishank JaggiJharkhand27 January 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Anustup MajumdarBengal30 April 1984Right-handedRight arm leg break
Rameez NematJharkhand14 November 1986Right-handed
Govind PodderOrissa9 September 1991Right-handedRight arm off break
Sibsankar RoyAssam10 October 1990Left-handedRight arm leg break
Subhrajit RoyTripura16 July 1987Right-handedRight arm leg break
Saurabh TiwaryJharkhand30 December 1989Left-handed-
All-rounders
Manisankar MurasinghTripura1 January 1993Left-handedRight arm medium
Biplab SamantrayOrissa14 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium
Tarjinder SinghAssam22 December 1987Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Shreevats GoswamiBengal18 May 1989Left-handed-
Bowlers
Deepak BeheraOrissa15 January 1985Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Ashok DindaBengal25 March 1984Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Sunny GuptaJharkhand27 September 1988Right-handedRight arm off break
Basant MohantyOrissa24 November 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Shahbaz NadeemJharkhand12 August 1989Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Abu NechimAssam5 November 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Samar QuadriJharkhand27 July 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Rahul ShuklaJharkhand28 August 1990Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Ajay YadavJharkhand18 December 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast

Famous players from East Zone

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