Bengal cricket team

Bengal cricket team
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
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

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[edit]

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Year	Position
2010–11	Winners

Famous players[edit]

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[edit]

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 squad[edit]

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 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Abhimanyu Easwaran	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	List A and Twenty20 Captain
Anustup Majumdar	(1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury	(1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Koushik Ghosh	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Abhishek Das	(1990-09-04) 4 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ranjot Khaira	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Manoj Tiwary	(1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	First-class Captain
Karan Lal	(2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sayan Mondal	(1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Abhishek Porel	(2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed		Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Agniv Pan	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28)	Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Pradipta Pramanik	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Writtick Chatterjee	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Mukesh Kumar	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Akash Deep	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
Ishan Porel	(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Geet Puri	(1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Akash Ghatak	(1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ravi Kumar	(2003-10-29) 29 October 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Mohammed Shami	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL

Updated as on 16 February 2023

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Ranji Trophy winners
Bengal cricket team; records Archived 27 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Saurav Ganguly made 135 runs vs Haryana in Ranji Trophy

[bcci17-1] "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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v t e Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

v t e Sports teams based in West Bengal
American football	EFLI Kolkata Vipers
Cricket	IPL Kolkata Knight Riders ICL Royal Bengal Tigers (now defunct) CCL Bengal Tigers Ranji Bengal cricket team
Football	ISL ATK Mohun Bagan FC East Bengal F.C. I-League 2nd Division Bhawanipore F.C. Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. Mohammedan S.C. United S.C. Elite League Bhawanipore F.C. East Bengal F.C. (youth) Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Mohun Bagan A.C. (youth) United S.C. NFL Mohun Bagan A.C. East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Tollygunge Agragami F.C. Durand Cup East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. ATK Mohun Bagan FC Santosh Trophy West Bengal football team IFA East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. ATK Mohun Bagan FC United S.C.
Kabaddi	Pro Kabaddi Bengal Warriors
Rugby union	AISART Calcutta CFC Jungle Crows Sergeant's Institute