East Zone cricket team (Bangladesh)

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The East Zone cricket team or Islami Bank East Zone is a first class cricket team that represents eastern Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL). It is a composite team of two Bangladeshi first-class teams: Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division. East Zone has played in the BCL from the opening 2012–13 season.[1]


In January 2018, they scored 735 runs for 6 wickets in their first innings against Central Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League. This was the third-highest total in first-class cricket in Bangladesh and the second-highest total in the history of the Bangladesh Cricket League.[2]

Current squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Rony Talukdar Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Mahmudul Hasan Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Mohammad Ashraful Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Tasamul Haque Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Yasir Ali Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Mominul Haque Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox Captain
Shamsur Rahman Right-hand bat
Imrul Kayes Left-hand bat
Sadikur Rahman Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
All-Rounders
Mohammad Saifuddin Left-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Afif Hossain Left-hand bat Right-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Zakir Hasan Left-hand bat
Mahidul Islam Ankon Right-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Enamul Haque jnr Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Taijul Islam Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Nayeem Hasan Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Abu Jayed Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Farhad Reza Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium Vice-Captain
Hasan Mahmud Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Khaled Ahmed Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Ifran Hossain Right-hand bat Right-arm medium

Players[]

Main article: List of East Zone cricketers (Bangladesh)

References[]

  1. ^ "First-class events played by East Zone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Zakir's double in East's record total". Daily Star (Bangladhes). Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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