East Bengal Club (cricket)

The East Bengal Club is an Indian professional cricket club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. 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]

East Bengal Club

Team information
City	Kolkata
Colours	Red and Gold
Home ground	Eden Gardens
Capacity	66,349
History
CAB First Division League wins	16[1]
CAB Senior Knockout wins	13[1]

History

The East Bengal Club Cricket team has been actively participating in the Cricket Association of Bengal first Division league since the 70s and won their first CAB League title in 1974-75 season jointly with Mohun Bagan.

Many famous names have come and played for the East Bengal Cricket team, including the "Master Blaster" Sachin Tendulkar. Him 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 Sachin himself which they won defeating Mohun Bagan in the final.[2][3]

Current squad

The Cricket squad of East Bengal Club for the season 2019-20[4]

As of September 2019
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	D.O.B.	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Abhimanyu Easwaran	6 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Abhishek Raman	6 September 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm spin
Shreevats Goswami	18 May 1989	Left-handed	Wicket-keeper
Writam Porel	29 August 1989
Sayan Sekhar Mondal	10 November 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Arnab Nandi	11 September 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Soham Ghosh	29 March 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Pankaj Shaw	12 February 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Boddupalli Amit	30 March 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Kanishk Seth	4 November 1997	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Pradipta Pramanik	8 October 1998	Right-handed	Left-arm spin
Amir Abdul Gani	27 August 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Akash Pandey		Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Ishan Porel	5 September 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Sayak Roy	15 December (age 16)	Right-handed	Wicket-keeper
Susanta Das		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ankit Chatterjee		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Mizanur Rahaman		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee	27 August 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Subham Ghosh	7 October 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Ravikant Singh	18 March 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sukhwinder Singh		Right-handed	Left-arm Spin

Honours

List of all Major Tournaments won by East Bengal Club in Cricket:[1]

• CAB First Division League

Champions (16): 1974-75[upper-alpha 1], 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

Champions (13): 1975-76[upper-alpha 1], 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2012-13[upper-alpha 1], 2013-14, 2014-15

• J.C. Mukherjee Trophy

Champions (12): 1977-78, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987- 88, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06[upper-alpha 2], 2009-10, 2016-17[5]

• P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy

Champions (10): 1976-77[upper-alpha 1], 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12[upper-alpha 1],[6] 2013-14, 2016-17

• 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[upper-alpha 2]

1. Joint Winners with Mohun Bagan
2. Joint winners with Kalighat Club

References

1. "CRICKET - HONOURS". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "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.
3. "Javagal turns nostalgic". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. "EAST BENGAL CLUB - CRICKET SQUAD FOR SEASON 2019-20". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
5. "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.
6. "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. Retrieved 25 April 2020.