East Bengal Club (cricket) explained

East Bengal Club
City:Kolkata
Colours:Red and Gold
Ground:Eden Gardens
Capacity:66,349
Title1:CAB First Division League
Title1wins:16[1]
Title2:CAB Senior Knockout
Title2wins:13

The East Bengal Club is an Indian professional cricket club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[2] 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.

History

The East Bengal Club Cricket team has been operative since the formation of the club in 1920 and has been actively participating in the Cricket Association of Bengal first Division league since the 50s and won their first Cricket Association of Bengal First Division League title in 1974–75 season jointly with Mohun Bagan. The team has won the CAB First Division League sixteen times, with the latest league title in the 2016–17 season. The team has also won the CAB Senior Knockout tournament thirteen times, the J. C. Mukherjee Trophy twelve times, the P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy ten times, the A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy eight times.

Many famous names have come and played for the East Bengal Cricket team, including the "Master Blaster" Sachin Tendulkar. He, 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 himself which they won defeating Mohun Bagan in the final.[3] [4]

East Bengal appointed coach Abdul Monayem in 2023.[5] The club also appointed former cricketer Sambaran Banerjee as the mentor of the team.[6]

Current squad

The Cricket squad of East Bengal Club for the season 2024–2025[7]


Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.

"text-align:center;"Name"text-align:center;""text-align:center;"Batting style"text-align:center;"Bowling style
Ankur Paul 21 December 1997
Diganta Neogi 19 December 2000
Sayan Sekhar Mondal10 November 1989Left-handed Right-arm Medium
29 March 1986Right-handed Right-arm spin
Sougata Dutta 27 December 1984Right-handed
Prasenjit Das11 June 1987Right-handed Leg Break
Avirup Gupta 26 September 1990Left-handed Right-arm offbreak
Suvankar Bal3 December 1995Right-handed Wicketkeeper
Akash Ghatak 13 October 1996
Akash Pandey Right-handed Right-arm fast
Sachin Kumar Yadav
5 September 1998Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Mohammed Arif AnsariWicketkeeper
Sohaib Latif
Kohinoor Singh02 September 2008 (age 17)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Soumyadeep Mondal
Susanta Das
Roshan Singh
Souvik Ghosh
Adarsh Singh
Sunny Patel10 April 1987 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm offbreak
Anuj Singh
Arka Pratim Das
Proloy Banerjee
Idris Sardar
Anik Banerjee

Coaching Staff

Rakesh Krishnan
Batting Coach
Sushil SikariaBowling Coach
Swaran BandopadhyayMentor

Honours

List of all Major Tournaments won by East Bengal Club in Cricket:

Champions (16): 1974-75, 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

Champions (13): 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15

Champions (12): 1977-78, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987- 88, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2016-17[8]

Champions (10): 1976-77, 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12,[9] 2013-14, 2016-17

Champions (8): 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

Champions (1): 2016-17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CRICKET - HONOURS. East Bengal Club. 25 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018052311/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/crickethonours.html. 18 October 2018. live.
  2. Web site: CALCUTTA — CRICKET CLUBS — Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). 27 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210427103907/https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/cricket.html. calcuttayellowpages.com. Calcutta Yellow Pages Calcutta. 31 January 2023.
  3. Web site: THROWBACK: When Sachin Tendulkar captained East Bengal in P. Sen Trophy!. badgeb.com. 25 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200425152307/http://www.badgeb.com/throwback-when-sachin-tendulkar-captained-east-bengal-in-p-sen-trophy/. 25 April 2020. live.
  4. Web site: Javagal turns nostalgic. The Telegraph India. 25 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Sanjib. Halder. 8 September 2023. দলে একাধিক বদল, এবার বাইশ গজে নামবে শক্তিশালী ইস্টবেঙ্গল, কোচের দায়িত্বে আব্দুল মোনায়েম. Multiple changes in the team, this time the strong East Bengal will go down to 22 yards, Abdul Monayem is in charge of the coach.. bn. Hindustan Times Bangla. 3 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Kaustav. Ganguly. 8 September 2023. East Bengal: লিগ ট্রফি খরা কাটাতে ক্রিকেটেও শক্তিশালী দল গড়ল ইস্টবেঙ্গল. East Bengal: East Bengal formed a strong team in cricket to end the league trophy drought. bn. TV9 Bangla. 3 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Koushik. Biswas. 3 September 2024. Kolkata Club Cricket Exclusive: East Bengal create a strong squad for 2024-2025 season; Writtick Chatterjee to lead. Sportzpoint. 3 September 2024.
  8. Web site: J.C Mukherjee Trophy: East Bengal wins their second title despite Manoj Tiwary's half century. Xtra Time. 3 June 2017. 25 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190925053545/https://xtratime.in/j-c-mukherjee-trophy-east-bengal-wins-their-second-title-despite-manoj-tiwarys-half-century/. 25 September 2019. live.
  9. News: 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. 21 June 2012 . 25 April 2020.