East Bengal Club (cricket)
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| City | Kolkata |
| Colours | Red and Gold |
| Home ground | Eden Gardens |
| Capacity | 66,349 |
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| CAB First Division League wins | 16[1] |
| CAB Senior Knockout wins | 13[1] |
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The East Bengal Club is an Indian professional cricket club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[2] It participates in various tournaments of varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens and Jadavpur University Campus Ground.
The club currently participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League and JC Mukherjee Trophy. They have so far won 60 major state-level trophies in their history.[1]
History
[edit]The East Bengal Club Cricket team has been operative since the formation of the club in 1920 and has been actively participating in the Cricket Association of Bengal first Division league since the 50s and won their first Cricket Association of Bengal First Division League title in 1974–75 season jointly with Mohun Bagan. The team has won the CAB First Division League sixteen times, with the latest league title in the 2016–17 season. The team has also won the CAB Senior Knockout tournament thirteen times, the J. C. Mukherjee Trophy twelve times, the P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy ten times, the A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy eight times.
Many famous names have come and played for the East Bengal Cricket team, including the "Master Blaster" Sachin Tendulkar. He, along with Indian cricket icons Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Pravin Amre, played for the East Bengal cricket team in the 1994 P. Sen Trophy led by himself which they won defeating Mohun Bagan in the final.[3][4]
East Bengal appointed coach Abdul Monayem in 2023.[5] The club also appointed former cricketer Sambaran Banerjee as the mentor of the team.[6]
Current squad
[edit]The Cricket squad of East Bengal Club for the season 2024–2025[7]
As of 3 September 2024[update]
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | D.O.B. | Batting style | Bowling style |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankur Paul | 21 December 1997 | ||
| Diganta Neogi | 19 December 2000 | ||
| Sayan Sekhar Mondal | 10 November 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm Medium |
| Soham Ghosh | 29 March 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm spin |
| Sougata Dutta | 27 December 1984 | Right-handed | |
| Prasenjit Das | 11 June 1987 | Right-handed | Leg Break |
| Avirup Gupta | 26 September 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak |
| Suvankar Bal | 3 December 1995 | Right-handed | Wicketkeeper |
| Akash Ghatak | 13 October 1996 | ||
| Akash Pandey | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Sachin Kumar Yadav | |||
| Ishan Porel | 5 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Mohammed Arif Ansari | Wicketkeeper | ||
| Sohaib Latif | |||
| Kohinoor Singh | 02 September 2008 (age 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Soumyadeep Mondal | |||
| Susanta Das | |||
| Roshan Singh | |||
| Souvik Ghosh | |||
| Adarsh Singh | |||
| Sunny Patel | 10 April 1987 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak |
| Anuj Singh | |||
| Arka Pratim Das | |||
| Proloy Banerjee | |||
| Idris Sardar | |||
| Anik Banerjee |
Coaching Staff
[edit]| Rakesh Krishnan | Batting Coach |
| Sushil Sikaria | Bowling Coach |
| Swaran Bandopadhyay | Mentor |
Honours
[edit]List of all Major Tournaments won by East Bengal Club in Cricket:[1]
- CAB First Division League
- Champions (16): 1974-75,[A] 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17
- CAB Senior Knockout
- J. C. Mukherjee Trophy
- P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy
- A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy
- Champions (8): 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
- CAB Super League
- Champions (1): 2016-17[B]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "CRICKET - HONOURS". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "CALCUTTA — CRICKET CLUBS — Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)". calcuttayellowpages.com. Calcutta Yellow Pages Calcutta. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "THROWBACK: When Sachin Tendulkar captained East Bengal in P. Sen Trophy!". badgeb.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Javagal turns nostalgic". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Halder, Sanjib (8 September 2023). "দলে একাধিক বদল, এবার বাইশ গজে নামবে শক্তিশালী ইস্টবেঙ্গল, কোচের দায়িত্বে আব্দুল মোনায়েম" [Multiple changes in the team, this time the strong East Bengal will go down to 22 yards, Abdul Monayem is in charge of the coach.]. Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Ganguly, Kaustav (8 September 2023). "East Bengal: লিগ ট্রফি খরা কাটাতে ক্রিকেটেও শক্তিশালী দল গড়ল ইস্টবেঙ্গল" [East Bengal: East Bengal formed a strong team in cricket to end the league trophy drought]. TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Biswas, Koushik (3 September 2024). "Kolkata Club Cricket Exclusive: East Bengal create a strong squad for 2024-2025 season; Writtick Chatterjee to lead". Sportzpoint. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "J.C Mukherjee Trophy: East Bengal wins their second title despite Manoj Tiwary's half century". Xtra Time. 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "CAB's tournament committee declared East Bengal and Mohun Bagan joint-winners of the P.Sen Trophy tournament. The final between the two arch-rivals on Tuesday had remained inconclusive when they refused to go into a 'bowl out' after a sharp shower forced an abandonment at the Eden Gardens". The Times of India. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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