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]

Bengal Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainAbhimanyu Easwaran
CoachArun Lal
OwnerCricket Association of Bengal
Team information
Colours     Dark Blue      Yellow
Founded1908
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity66,349[1]
History
Ranji Trophy wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins1
Official websiteCAB

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.

Sourav Ganguly has played both for Bengal in state level and for India in international matches, and also captained India for five years.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy
YearResult
2019-20Runners' Up
2006-07Runners' Up
2005-06Runners' Up
1993-94Runners' Up
1989-90Winners
1988-89Runners' Up
1971-72Runners' Up
1968-69Runners' Up
1958-59Runners' Up
1955-56Runners' Up
1952-53Runners' Up
1943-44Runners' Up
1938-39Winners
1936-37Runners' Up

Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy
YearPosition
2016-17Runners'-up
2011-12Winners
2009-10Runners'-up
2008-09Runners'-up
2007-08Runners'-up

Best performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
YearPosition
2010-11Winners

Famous Players
Main article: List of Bengal cricketers
Players who represented India
Manoj Tiwary
NameTestODIT20
Ambar Roy40
Arun Lal1613
Ashok Dinda013 9
Deep Dasgupta85
Devang Gandhi43
Dilip Doshi3315
Pankaj Roy430
Sourav Ganguly113311
Gopal Bose01
Laxmi Ratan Shukla03
Manoj Tiwary012 3
Mohammed Shami4977 11
Montu Banerjee10
Nirode Chowdhury20
Pranab Roy20
Prashant Vaidya04
Probir Sen140
Rohan Gavaskar011
Saba Karim134
Saradindu Mukherjee03
Subrata Guha40
Wriddhiman Saha379
Utpal Chatterjee03

Home Ground

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Note
Batsmen
Manoj Tiwary (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm leg breakVice-captain
Abhimanyu Easwaran (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm leg breakCaptain
Played for India Red in 2019-20 Duleep Trophy
Played for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy
Abhishek Raman (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakPlayed for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy
Anustup Majumdar (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Sudip Chatterjee (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991Left-handedRight-arm leg break
Ritwik Chowdhury (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Koushik Ghosh (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992Left-handedRight-arm medium
Vivek Singh (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993Left-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Shreevats Goswami (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989Left-handedPlays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Agniv Pan (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997Left-handed
Wriddhiman Saha (1984-10-24) 24 October 1984Right-handedPlays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Spin Bowlers
Sahabaz Ahmed (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Played for India A in 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy
Arnab Nandi (1987-07-11) 11 July 1987Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Akash Deep (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ishan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm mediumPlays 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 (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sayan Ghosh (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ashok Dinda (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Ayan Bhattacharjee (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991Left-handedRight-arm medium
Nilkantha Das (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mohammed Shami (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Kings XI Punjab in IPL

See also

References
  1. "EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA". BCCI. Board of Cricket Control in India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. Ranji Trophy Winners
  3. "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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