East Bengal Club (cricket)

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East Bengal Club
Official East Bengal FC Logo.svg
Team information
CityKolkata
ColoursRed and Gold
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity66,349
History
CAB First Division League wins16[1]
CAB Senior Knockout wins13[1]

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]

Active departments of East Bengal
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Football
(Men's)		 Football B
(Men's)
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Football Youth
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
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Cricket
(Men's)		 Athletics
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Hockey

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 (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Abhishek Raman (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm spin
Shreevats Goswami (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 32) Left-handed Wicket-keeper
Writam Porel (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 32)
Sayan Sekhar Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Arnab Nandi (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Soham Ghosh (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Pankaj Shaw (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Boddupalli Amit (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Kanishk Seth (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 23) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Pradipta Pramanik (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 22) Right-handed Left-arm spin
Amir Abdul Gani (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Akash Pandey Right-handed Right-arm fast
Ishan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 22) 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 (1986-08-27) 27 August 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Subham Ghosh (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm spin
Ravikant Singh (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 27) 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[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
Champions (13): 1975-76[A], 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2012-13[A], 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[B], 2009-10, 2016-17[5]
  • P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy
Champions (10): 1976-77[A], 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12[A],[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[B]
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Joint Winners with Mohun Bagan
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Joint winners with Kalighat Club

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "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.
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