Bengal cricket team

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]

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

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.[3]

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.

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
YearResult
2022–23Runners' Up
2019–20Runners' Up
2006–07Runners' Up
2005–06Runners' Up
1993–94Runners' Up
1989–90Winners
1988–89Runners' Up
1971–72Runners' Up
1968–69Runners' Up
1958–59Runners' Up
1955–56Runners' Up
1952–53Runners' Up
1943–44Runners' Up
1938–39Winners
1936–37Runners' Up

Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy
YearPosition
2016–17Runners'-up
2011–12Winners
2009–10Runners'-up
2008–09Runners'-up
2007–08Runners'-up

Best performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
YearPosition
2010–11Winners

Famous players
Main article: List of Bengal cricketers
Players who represented India
Manoj Tiwary
NameTestODIT20
Ambar Roy40
Arun Lal1613
Ashok Dinda013 9
Deep Dasgupta85
Devang Gandhi43
Dilip Doshi3315
Pankaj Roy430
Sourav Ganguly113311
Gopal Bose01
Laxmi Ratan Shukla03
Manoj Tiwary012 3
Mohammed Shami6082 17
Montu Banerjee10
Nirode Chowdhury20
Pranab Roy20
Prashant Vaidya04
Probir Sen140
Rohan Gavaskar011
Saba Karim134
Saradindu Mukherjee03
Shahbaz Ahmed Mewati 3
Subrata Guha40
Wriddhiman Saha409
Utpal Chatterjee03
Mukesh Kumar

Home ground

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Note
Batters
Abhimanyu Easwaran (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm leg breakList A and Twenty20 Captain
Sudip Gharami (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999Right-handedRight-arm off break
Anustup Majumdar (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ranjot Khaira (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Koushik Ghosh (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992Left-handedRight-arm medium
Suvankar Bal (1995-11-03) 3 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
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
Sayan Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium
Karan Lal (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000Right-handedRight-arm off break
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
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
Mohammed Shami (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990Right-handedRight-arm fastPlays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Pritam Chakraborty (1994-09-16) 16 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ravikant Singh (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium

Updated as on 8 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. "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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