Bengal cricket team

Bengal are an Indian cricket team who represent the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in domestic competition. Based at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Bengal have played first-class cricket since 1935. They have won the Ranji Trophy twice and been runners-up 13 times.[2][3] Bengal also play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy, both of which they have won once. Several international cricketers have played for the team including Dilip Doshi, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammed Shami, Pankaj Roy, and Wriddhiman Saha.

Bengal cricket team
Personnel
CaptainManoj Tiwary (FC)
Abhimanyu Easwaran (List A & T20)
CoachLaxmi Ratan Shukla
OwnerCricket Association of Bengal
Team information
Colours  Dark Blue   Yellow
Founded1889
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity66,349[1]
History
First-class debutAustralia
in 1935
at Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Ranji Trophy wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins1
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins1
Official websiteCAB

History

A team representing Bengal was formed in December 1889 for a match against an English touring team at Eden Gardens.[4] At that time, no native Bengalis were involved and the team, captained by British Army officer Cleveland Greenway, was composed of European colonials who were mostly British expatriates. Bengal lost the match, played over the New Year period, by an innings and 17 runs.[5] In January 1923, a Bengal team took part in the Nagpur Provincial Tournament and, having defeated a Central Provinces XI in their semi-final, lost the final against Bombay. The Bengal team in this competition included a couple of native players but, as before, it was principally a colonial enterprise.[6] In 1934, the Board of Control for Cricket in India organised the Ranji Trophy but Bengal did not take part in 1934–35. Bengal achieved first-class status in December 1935 when they played the Australian tourists and were defeated by 9 wickets. In January 1936, Bengal joined the Ranji Trophy, playing in the East Zone, and reached the semi-final where they lost to Madras. In 1936–37, Bengal were runners-up to Nawanagar. Two years later, in 1938–39, Bengal won the Ranji for the first time when they defeated Southern Punjab in the final.[7] Throughout this period, Bengal was essentially a West Bengal team. They were based in Calcutta and played all their matches at Eden Gardens. The earliest match of note in Dhaka was in February 1941 when a Bengal Governor's XI played the Bengal Gymkhana at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, then called the Dacca Stadium.[8] Following Partition of India in 1947, Bengal was split into West (India) and East (then Pakistan, now Bangladesh). To 2023, Bengal have been runners-up 13 times and only Mumbai have appeared in more finals. Bengal won the Ranji again in 1989–90 when they defeated Delhi in the final.[9]

Having won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2011, Bengal won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2012. Playing under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, they defeated Mumbai in the final at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi on 12 March 2012.[10]

Home grounds

Honours

International cricketers who have played for Bengal

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Sourav Ganguly has played both for Bengal in state level and for India in international matches, and also captained India for five years.
NameTestODIT20
Montu Banerjee1
Gopal Bose1
Utpal Chatterjee3
Nirode Chowdhury2
Deep Dasgupta85
Ashok Dinda139
Dilip Doshi3315
Devang Gandhi43
Sourav Ganguly113311
Rohan Gavaskar11
Subrata Guha4
Saba Karim134
Mohammed Shami608217
Mukesh Kumar134
Arun Lal1613
Saradindu Mukherjee3
Ambar Roy4
Pankaj Roy43
Pranab Roy2
Wriddhiman Saha409
Probir Sen14
Shahbaz Ahmed32
Laxmi Ratan Shukla3
Manoj Tiwary123
Prashant Vaidya4

Current squad

Updated as of 16 February 2023. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Note
Batters
Sudip Gharami (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999Right-handedRight-arm off break
Abhimanyu Easwaran (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm leg breakList A and Twenty20 captain
Anustup Majumdar (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Koushik Ghosh (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992Left-handedRight-arm medium
Abhishek Das (1990-09-04) 4 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm off break
Ranjot Khaira (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Shakir Habib Gandhi (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999Right-handed
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxPlays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Manoj Tiwary (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm leg breakFirst-class captain
Karan Lal (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sayan Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Abhishek Porel (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002Left-handedPlays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Agniv Pan (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Pradipta Pramanik (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Writtick Chatterjee (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Mukesh Kumar (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Akash Deep (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastPlays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Pritam Chakraborty (1994-09-16) 16 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ishan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Geet Puri (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Akash Ghatak (1996-10-13) 13 October 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ravi Kumar (2003-10-29) 29 October 2003Left-handedLeft-arm medium

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. "Sports of West Bengal — Cricket". wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Kolkata: Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports. 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. Sports chronology. Government of West Bengal.
  5. Guha, pp. 33–37. Ramachandra Guha (2001). A Corner of a Foreign Field.
  6. Nagpur Provincial Tournament itinerary, 1923
  7. "Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal". wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Kolkata: Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. Bengal Governor's XI v Bengal Gymkhana, 1941
  9. "The Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  10. "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, March 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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