East Zone cricket team

The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter Zonal. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Assam, Bengal (West Bengal), Jharkhand, Orissa and Tripura.

For the similarly named Pakistani team, see East Zone cricket team (Pakistan). For the similarly named Bangladeshi team, see East Zone cricket team (Bangladesh).

East Zone has won the Duleep Trophy twice in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons, as well as the Deodhar Trophy four times in the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97 and 2003/04 seasons.

Current squad
Name Domestic team Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
First-Class Captain
Wriddhiman SahaBengal (1984-10-24) 24 October 1984Right-handed-
T20 Captain
Manoj TiwaryBengal (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985Right-handedRight arm leg break
Batsmen
Parvez AzizAssam (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Natraj BeheraOdisha (1988-05-28) 28 May 1988Right-handed
Pallavkumar DasAssam (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990Left-handedRight arm off break
Kumar DeobratJharkhand (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992Right-handed-
Ishank JaggiJharkhand (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Anustup MajumdarBengal (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984Right-handedRight arm leg break
Rameez NematJharkhand (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986Right-handed
Govind PodderOdisha (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991Right-handedRight arm off break
Sibsankar RoyAssam (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990Left-handedRight arm leg break
Subhrajit RoyTripura (1987-07-16) 16 July 1987Right-handedRight arm leg break
Saurabh TiwaryJharkhand (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989Left-handed-
All-rounders
Manisankar MurasinghTripura (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993Left-handedRight arm medium
Biplab SamantrayOdisha (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988Right-handedRight arm medium
Tarjinder SinghAssam (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Shreevats GoswamiBengal (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989Left-handed-
Bowlers
Deepak BeheraOdisha (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Ashok DindaBengal (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Sunny GuptaJharkhand (1988-09-27) 27 September 1988Right-handedRight arm off break
Basant MohantyOdisha (1986-11-24) 24 November 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Shahbaz NadeemJharkhand (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Abu NechimAssam (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Samar QuadriJharkhand (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Rahul ShuklaJharkhand (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Ajay YadavJharkhand (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast

Famous players from East Zone
Main article: List of East Zone cricketers


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