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]

Active departments of East Bengal
Football
(Men's)		 Football B
(Men's)
Football Youth
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
Cricket
(Men's)		 Athletics
Closed departments of East Bengal
Hockey
East Bengal Club
Team information
CityKolkata
ColoursRed and Gold
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity66,349
History
CAB First Division League wins16[1]
CAB Senior Knockout wins13[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 (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm spin
Abhishek Raman (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993Left-handedRight-arm spin
Shreevats Goswami (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989Left-handedWicket-keeper
Writam Porel (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989
Sayan Sekhar Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium
Arnab Nandi (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987Right-handedRight-arm spin
Soham Ghosh (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986Right-handedRight-arm spin
Pankaj Shaw (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988Right-handedRight-arm spin
Boddupalli Amit (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988Left-handedRight-arm medium
Kanishk Seth (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Pradipta Pramanik (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998Right-handedLeft-arm spin
Amir Abdul Gani (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm spin
Akash PandeyRight-handedRight-arm fast
Ishan Porel (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Sayak Roy15

December

(age 16)

 Right-handedWicket-keeper
Susanta DasRight-handedRight-arm medium
Ankit ChatterjeeRight-handedRight-arm medium
Mizanur RahamanRight-handedRight-arm medium
Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee (1986-08-27) 27 August 1986Right-handedRight-arm spin
Subham Ghosh (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm spin
Ravikant Singh (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sukhwinder SinghRight-handedLeft-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.
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