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{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}  
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket team  
{{Infobox cricket team
| name          = Bengal Cricket Team
| name          = Bengal cricket team
| image        =  
| image        =
| captain      = [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]]
| captain      = [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] (FC) <br> [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] (List A & T20)
| coach        = [[Arun Lal]]
| coach        = [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]]
| colours      = {{color box|#27408B}} Dark Blue {{color box|Yellow}} Yellow  
| colours      = {{color box|#27408B}} Dark Blue {{color box|Yellow}} Yellow
| owner        = [[Cricket Association of Bengal]]
| owner        = [[Cricket Association of Bengal]]
| founded      = 1908
| founded      = 1889
| ground        = [[Eden Gardens]]
| ground        = [[Eden Gardens]]
| capacity      = 66,349<ref name=bcci17>{{cite web|title=EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA|url=http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9|work=BCCI|publisher=Board of Cricket Control in India|access-date=17 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730150108/http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9|archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>  
| capacity      = 66,349<ref name=bcci17>{{cite web|title=EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA|url=http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9|work=BCCI|publisher=Board of Cricket Control in India|access-date=17 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730150108/http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9|archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>
| first_fc      = [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]
| first_fc_year  = 1935
| first_fc_venue = [[Eden Gardens|Eden Gardens, Calcutta]]
|        title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
|        title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
|    title1wins = 2
|    title1wins = 2
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|        title3 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
|        title3 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
|    title3wins = 1
|    title3wins = 1
 
| website       = [http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/ CAB]
| website       = [http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/ CAB]
}}
}}


The '''Bengal cricket team''' represents the [[India]]n 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 12 times.<ref>[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/IND/RANJI_WINNERS.html Ranji Trophy Winners]</ref>
The '''Bengal cricket team''' represents the [[India]]n 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.<ref>[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/IND/RANJI_WINNERS.html Ranji Trophy Winners]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/cricket|title=Sports of West Bengal — Cricket|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709130840/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/cricket|archive-date=9 July 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref>


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 cricket team|Mumbai]] in the finals at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], Delhi on 12 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2010/engine/match/526378.html |title=Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 &#124; Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref>
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 cricket team|Mumbai]] in the finals at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], Delhi on 12 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2010/engine/match/526378.html |title=Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 &#124; Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref>


==Competition history==
==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.
Bengal's first success came in the third Ranji Trophy season (1936/37), in which it came runners-up to Nawanagar. Two years later, in 1938, it beat Southern Punjab in the final of the Ranji Trophy to become the 4th team to hold the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|archive-date=13 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref> 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.
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.
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Result
! ''Year'' !! ''Result''
|-
| ''2022–23'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 2019–20 || Runners' Up
| ''2019–20'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 2006–07 || Runners' Up
|''2006–07'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 2005–06 || Runners' Up
| ''2005–06'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1993–94 || Runners' Up
| ''1993–94'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1989–90 || '''Winners'''
| ''1989–90'' || '''''Winners'''''
|-
|-
| 1988–89 || Runners' Up
| ''1988–89'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1971–72 || Runners' Up
| ''1971–72'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1968–69 || Runners' Up
| ''1968–69'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1958–59 || Runners' Up
| ''1958–59'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1955–56 || Runners' Up
| ''1955–56'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1952–53 || Runners' Up
| ''1952–53'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1943–44 || Runners' Up
| ''1943–44'' || ''Runners' Up''
|-
|-
| 1938–39 || '''Winners'''
| ''1938–39'' || '''''Winners'''''
|-
|-
| 1936–37 || Runners' Up
| ''1936–37'' || ''Runners' Up''
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Position
! ''Year'' !! ''Position''
|-
|-
| 2016–17 || Runners'-up
| ''2016–17'' || ''Runners'-up''
|-
|-
| 2011–12 || '''Winners'''
| ''2011–12'' || '''''Winners'''''
|-
|-
| 2009–10 || Runners'-up
| ''2009–10'' || ''Runners'-up''
|-
|-
| 2008–09 || Runners'-up
| ''2008–09'' || ''Runners'-up''
|-
|-
| 2007–08 || Runners'-up  
| ''2007–08'' || ''Runners'-up''
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Position
! ''Year'' !! ''Position''
|-
|-
| 2010–11 || '''Winners'''  
| ''2010–11'' || '''''Winners'''''
|}
|}


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| [[Gopal Bose]] || 0 || 1
| [[Gopal Bose]] || 0 || 1
|
|
|-  
|-
| [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]] || 0 || 3
| [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]] || 0 || 3
|
|
|-  
|-
| [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] || 0 || 12
| [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] || 0 || 12
|3
|3
|-
|-
|'''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || 55 || 79
|'''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || 60 || 82
|17
|17
|-  
|-
| [[Montu Banerjee]] || 1 || 0
| [[Montu Banerjee]] || 1 || 0
|
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| [[Nirode Chowdhury]] || 2 || 0
| [[Nirode Chowdhury]] || 2 || 0
|
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|-  
|-
| [[Pranab Roy]] || 2 || 0
| [[Pranab Roy]] || 2 || 0
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|-  
|-
| [[Prashant Vaidya]] || 0 || 4
| [[Prashant Vaidya]] || 0 || 4
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| [[Probir Sen]] || 14 || 0
| [[Probir Sen]] || 14 || 0
|
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|-  
|-
| [[Rohan Gavaskar]] || 0 || 11
| [[Rohan Gavaskar]] || 0 || 11
|
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|-  
|-
| [[Saba Karim]] || 1 || 34
| [[Saba Karim]] || 1 || 34
|
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| [[Saradindu Mukherjee]] || 0 || 3
| [[Saradindu Mukherjee]] || 0 || 3
|
|
|-  
|-
|-  
|[[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed Mewati]]
|
|3
|
|-
| [[Subrata Guha]] || 4 || 0
| [[Subrata Guha]] || 4 || 0
|
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|-
|-
|-  
|-
|'''[[Wriddhiman Saha]]''' || 40 || 9
|'''[[Wriddhiman Saha]]''' || 40 || 9
|
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|-  
|-
| [[Utpal Chatterjee]] || 0 || 3
| [[Utpal Chatterjee]] || 0 || 3
|
|-
| [[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]]
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|}
|}


==Home ground==
==Home ground==
* [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]] – The second largest stadium in the world and also the home ground of [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
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== Current squad ==
== Current squad ==
Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
|-
!| Name
!| Name
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! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batters
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batters
|-
|-
| [[Ritwik Roy Chowdhury]] || {{birth date and age|1995|11|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||  
| [[Sudip Gharami]] || {{birth date and age|1999|3|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Anustup Majumdar]] || {{birth date and age|1984|4|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||  
| [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] || {{birth date and age|1995|9|6|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || '''List A and Twenty20 Captain'''
|-
|-
| [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]] || {{birth date and age|1991|11|11|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||'''List A and Twenty20 Captain'''
| [[Anustup Majumdar]] || {{birth date and age|1984|4|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] || {{birth date and age|1995|9|6|df=y}}|| Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||'''First-class Captain'''
| [[Ritwik Roy Chowdhury]] || {{birth date and age|1995|11|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
| '''[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]''' || {{birth date and age|1985|11|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
| [[Koushik Ghosh]] || {{birth date and age|1992|10|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Sudip Gharami]] || {{birth date and age|1999|3|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||  
| [[Abhishek Das (cricketer)|Abhishek Das]] || {{birth date and age|1990|9|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Abhishek Das (cricketer)|Abhishek Das]] || {{birth date and age|1990|9|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] ||
| Ranjot Khaira || {{birth date and age|1998|10|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Kaif Ahmed]] || {{birth date and age|1997|5|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
| [[Abhishek Raman]] || {{birth date and age|1993|9|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Sumanta Gupta]] || {{birth date and age|1991|2|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
| '''[[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed]]''' || {{birth date and age|1994|12|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || Plays for '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
|-
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
| '''[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]''' || {{birth date and age|1985|11|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || '''First-class Captain'''
|-
|-
| [[Writtick Chatterjee]] || {{birth date and age|1992|9|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Plays for '''[[Punjab Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| Karan Lal || {{birth date and age|2000|10|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Sayan Mondal]] || {{birth date and age|1989|11|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||  
| [[Sayan Mondal]] || {{birth date and age|1989|11|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Wicket-keepers
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|-
| Abhishek Porel || {{birth date and age|2002|10|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || ||  
| Abhishek Porel || {{birth date and age|2002|10|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Plays for '''[[Delhi Capitals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
|-
| [[Shreevats Goswami]] || {{birth date and age|1989|5|18|df=y}} || Left-handed || ||  
| [[Agniv Pan]] || {{birth date and age|1997|1|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || ||
|-
|-
| '''[[Wriddhiman Saha]]''' || {{birth date and age|1984|10|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || || Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin Bowlers
|-
|-
| [[Suvankar Bal]] || {{birth date and age|1995|11|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||  
| [[Pradipta Pramanik]] || {{birth date and age|1998|10|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
|-
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin Bowlers
| [[Writtick Chatterjee]] || {{birth date and age|1992|9|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed]] || {{birth date and age|1994|12|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || Plays For  '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Pace Bowlers
|-
|-
| [[Pradipta Pramanik]] || {{birth date and age|1998|10|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||  
| '''[[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]]''' || {{birth date and age|1993|10|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Plays for '''[[Delhi Capitals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
|-
| Ranjot Khaira || {{birth date and age|1998|10|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||  
| [[Akash Deep]] || {{birth date and age|1996|12|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Plays for '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
|-
| Karan Lal || {{birth date and age|2000|10|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||  
| [[Ishan Porel]] || {{birth date and age|1998|9|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] ||
|-
|-
! colspan="5"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Pace Bowlers
| Geet Puri || {{birth date and age|1994|9|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]] || {{birth date and age|1993|10|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||  
| Akash Ghatak || {{birth date and age|1996|10|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Akash Deep]] || {{birth date and age|1996|12|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Plays For  '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| Ravi Kumar || {{birth date and age|2003|10|29|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
|-
| [[Ishan Porel]] || {{birth date and age|1998|9|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || Plays For  '''[[Punjab Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| '''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || {{birth date and age|1990|3|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| '''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || {{birth date and age|1990|3|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || Plays For  '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|}
|}
''Updated as on 16 February 2023''


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Cricket Association of Bengal]]
* [[Cricket Association of Bengal]]
*[[List of Cricket Association of Bengal Presidents]]
* [[List of Cricket Association of Bengal Presidents]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/IND/RANJI_WINNERS.html Ranji Trophy winners]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/IND/RANJI_WINNERS.html Ranji Trophy winners]
* [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/engine/records/index.html?id=2009%2F10;team=1623;type=season Bengal cricket team; records]
* [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/engine/records/index.html?id=2009%2F10;team=1623;type=season Bengal cricket team; records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127172402/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/engine/records/index.html?id=2009%2F10;team=1623;type=season |date=27 November 2011 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204230336/http://tvc2.com/news/saurav-ganguly-made-135-runs-vs-haryana-in-ranji-trophy-201112-video-191.html Saurav Ganguly made 135 runs vs Haryana in Ranji Trophy]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204230336/http://tvc2.com/news/saurav-ganguly-made-135-runs-vs-haryana-in-ranji-trophy-201112-video-191.html Saurav Ganguly made 135 runs vs Haryana in Ranji Trophy]


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[[Category:Indian first-class cricket teams]]
[[Category:Cricket in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Cricket in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1889 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1908]]
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1889]]

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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

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][3]

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.[4]

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, in 1938, it beat Southern Punjab in the final of the Ranji Trophy to become the 4th team to hold the title.[5] 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.

A middle-aged man stands to wear a white long-sleeved shirt and white trousers, while he has sunglasses resting on a cap that is on his head. Green grass and a boundary line are in the background.
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

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 Trophy

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 Trophy

Year Position
2010–11 Winners

Famous players

Main article: List of Bengal cricketers
Players who represented India
Manoj Tiwary
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 ground

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Note
Batters
Sudip Gharami (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Abhimanyu Easwaran (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break List A and Twenty20 Captain
Anustup Majumdar (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Koushik Ghosh (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Abhishek Das (1990-09-04) 4 September 1990 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ranjot Khaira (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Manoj Tiwary (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm leg break First-class Captain
Karan Lal (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sayan Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Abhishek Porel (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 (age 23) Left-handed Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Agniv Pan (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 29) Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Pradipta Pramanik (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Writtick Chatterjee (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Mukesh Kumar (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Akash Deep (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Ishan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Geet Puri (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 31) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Akash Ghatak (1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Ravi Kumar (2003-10-29) 29 October 2003 (age 22) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Mohammed Shami (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL

Updated as on 16 February 2023

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. ↑ "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. ↑ "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.

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