Mohun Bagan A.C. (cricket)

The Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The cricket division of the club participates in various tournaments of varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. The date of foundation of the club is debatable but there have been mentions of the club having a cricket team from as far back as 1922.

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Nickname(s)The Mariners
Founded15 August 1889 (1889-08-15) as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club
OwnerMohun Bagan AC Society
PresidentSwapan Sadhan Bose
Honorary SecretarySrinjoy Bose
WebsiteClub website
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (Cricket)
Team information
Colours  Green   Maroon
Founded1920s[1]
Home groundEden Gardens
Capacity66,349
History
CAB First Division League wins27[2]
CAB Senior Knockout wins32[2]
Official websiteOfficial website

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

Active departments of Mohun Bagan
Cricket Hockey Tennis Athletics
Closed departments of Mohun Bagan
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Youth's)

Currently the team participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League, Bengal T20 League and JC Mukherjee Trophy. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens. They have won over 100 major state-level trophies so far.[2] In past many big names like Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and even Sri Lanakan player Chaminda Vaas had played for the club.[3]

Current squad

As of September 2020
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.

Name D.O.B. Batting Style Bowling Style
Batsmen
Manoj Tiwary (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985Right-handedRight-arm spin
Sumanta Gupta (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm spin
Sudip Chatterjee (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991Left-handedRight-arm spin
Arindam Ghosh (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984Right-handedRight-arm spin
Rakesh Krishnan (1983-06-23) 23 June 1983Left-handed–
Aryasena Lahiri (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001Right-handedRight-arm spin
Jayojit Basu (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989Right-handed–
Writtick Chatterjee (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm spin
Wicket-keepers
Vivek Singh (1993-11-01) 1 November 1993Left-handedRight-arm pace
Debabrata Das (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993Right-handed–
Bowlers
Mohammed Shami (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990Right-handedRight-arm pace
Jayanta Das (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999–Left-arm spin
Turaka Kranthi (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999–Right-arm pace
Tuhin Banerjee (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992Left-handedLeft-arm spin
Kumar Shyam Yadaw (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999Right-handedRight-arm pace
Sourav Mondal (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984Left-handedLeft-arm pace
Ayan Bhattacharjee (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991Left-handedRight-arm pace
Rajkumar Pal (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983Left-handedLeft-arm spin
Sayan Mondal (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm pace
Nilkantha Das (1987-04-12) 12 April 1987–Right-arm pace
Rahul Sethi (1988-08-27) 27 August 1988Right-handedRight-arm pace
Pritam Chakraborty (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm pace

Honours
  • CAB First Division League (27): 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960 – 61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2017-18
  • CAB Super League (2): 2015–16, 2017–18
  • CAB Senior Knockout (32): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–1970, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–1985, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • P Sen Trophy (19): 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • J C Mukherjee Trophy (23): 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–1997, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018-19
  • A N Ghosh Trophy (8): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–2010, 2010–11, 2011–12

References
  1. "Countrywide success – 1920 to 1929". mohunbaganclub.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. "Trophy room–Cricket". themohunbaganac.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. "When Virat Kohli appeared for Mohun Bagan in 2009". DNA India. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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