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 13 times.[2]
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Manoj Tiwary (FC) Abhimanyu Easwaran (List A & T20) |
| Coach | Laxmi Ratan Shukla |
| Owner | Cricket Association of Bengal |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Dark Blue Yellow |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Home ground | Eden Gardens |
| Capacity | 66,349[1] |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Australia in 1935 at Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
| 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 historyEdit
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 TrophyEdit
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Runners' Up |
| 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 TrophyEdit
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 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 TrophyEdit
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Winners |
Famous playersEdit
- Players who represented India
| Name | Test | ODI | T20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 60 | 82 | 17 |
| 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 | |
| Shahbaz Ahmed Mewati | 3 | ||
| Subrata Guha | 4 | 0 | |
| Wriddhiman Saha | 40 | 9 | |
| Utpal Chatterjee | 0 | 3 | |
| Mukesh Kumar |
Home groundEdit
- 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 squadEdit
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | 6 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | List A and Twenty20 Captain |
| Sudip Gharami | 21 March 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Anustup Majumdar | 30 April 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Ritwik Roy Chowdhury | 20 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ranjot Khaira | 14 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Koushik Ghosh | 12 October 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Suvankar Bal | 3 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 12 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL |
| Manoj Tiwary | 14 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | First-class Captain |
| Sayan Mondal | 10 November 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Karan Lal | 19 October 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Abhishek Porel | 17 October 2002 | Left-handed | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
| Agniv Pan | 1 January 1997 | Left-handed | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Pradipta Pramanik | 8 October 1998 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Writtick Chatterjee | 28 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Mukesh Kumar | 12 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL |
| Akash Deep | 15 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL |
| Ishan Porel | 5 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Geet Puri | 6 September 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Akash Ghatak | 13 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ravi Kumar | 29 October 2003 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Mohammed Shami | 9 March 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Pritam Chakraborty | 16 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ravikant Singh | 18 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 8 February 2023
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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.