Bengal cricket team

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Bengal Cricket Team
বাংলা ক্রিকেট দল

Captain:	Manoj Tiwary
Coach:	Sairaj Bahutule
Colours:	Dark Blue Yellow
Owner:	Cricket Association of Bengal
Founded:	1908
Home ground:	Eden Gardens
Capacity:	66,349^[1]
Ranji Trophy wins:	2
Irani Trophy wins:	0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins:	1
Official website:	CAB

Bengal cricket team (Bengali: বাংলা ক্রিকেট দল) is a cricket team that represents the Indian state of West Bengal in domestic first class cricket. It is considered Eastern India's strongest cricket team. The team plays its home matches at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Bengal has had two Ranji Trophy victories and has been runner-up a total of 11 times.^[2]

Bengal are the champions of the 2012 Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the (Ranji One Day Trophy). They beat Mumbai in the finals which was held at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi on 12 March 2012, under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly.^[3]

Competition history

Bengal's first success came in the third Ranji Trophy season (1936/37), in which it came runners-up to Nawanagar. Two years later it beat Southern Punjab in the final of the Ranji Trophy to become the 4th team to hold the title. For the next 51 years it did not manage to hold the Trophy again, until it beat a strong Delhi in the 1990 final. In this time, the Bengal cricket team had come runner-up a total of 11 times, its most recent win being in 1989.

They were runners-up twice consecutively in the 2005-06 and the 2006-07 season. Their ranks are occasionally bolstered by the return of Sourav Ganguly to the domestic competition.

A middle-aged man stands to wear a white long-sleeved shirt and white trousers, while he has sunglasses resting on a cap that is on his head. Green grass and a boundary line are in the background.

Sourav Ganguly has played both for Bengal in state level and for India in international matches, and also captained India for five years.

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Year	Position
2006-07	Runner-up
2005-06	Runner-up
1993-94	Runner-up
1989-90	Winner
1988-89	Runner-up
1971-72	Runner-up
1968-69	Runner-up
1958-59	Runner-up
1955-56	Runner-up
1952-53	Runner-up
1943-44	Runner-up
1938-39	Winner
1936-37	Runner-up

Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Year	Position
2007-08	Runner-up
2008-09	Runner-up
2009-10	Runner-up
2011-12	Winner

Best performances in Irani Trophy

Year	Position
1990-91	Runner-up

Famous players

Main article: List of Bengal cricketers

Players who represented India

Manoj Tiwary

Name	Test	ODI	T20
Ambar Roy	4	0
Arun Lal	16	13
Ashok Dinda	0	13	9
Ashok Malhotra	7	20
Deep Dasgupta	8	5
Devang Gandhi	4	3
Dilip Doshi	33	15
Pankaj Roy	43	0
Sourav Ganguly	113	311
Gopal Bose	0	1
Laxmi Ratan Shukla	0	3
Manoj Tiwary	0	12	3
Mohammed Shami	22	47	6
Montu Banerjee	1	0
Pranab Roy	2	0
Pragyan Ojha	24	18	6
Prashant Vaidya	0	4
Probir Sen	14	0
Rakesh Shukla	1	0
Rohan Gavaskar	0	11
Saba Karim	1	34
Saradindu Mukherjee	0	3
Shute Banerjee	1	0
Subrata Guha	4	0
Subroto Banerjee	1	6
Wriddhiman Saha	20	9
Utpal Chatterjee	0	3

Home Ground

Eden Gardens, Kolkata - The second largest stadium in the world and also the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders
Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Jadavpur- It has been leased out to the Cricket Association of Bengal and it often plays host to inter- and intra state cricket matches.
Bengal Cricket Academy, Kalyani
Deshbandu Park, North Kolkata - hosted matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Cooch Behar Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy and Polly Umrigar Trophy

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Birth Place	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Note
FC Captain & Batsmen
90	Manoj Tiwary	(1985-11-14) 14 November 1985	Howrah	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	FC 100s : 22; LA 100/50 : 3/29;
Batsmen
	Sudip Chatterjee	(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991	Barasat	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	FC 100s : 6;
	Souvik Sarkar	(2000-01-29) 29 January 2000	Konnagar	Right-handed	leg break googly	FC 100s : 3;
	Sayan Mondal	(1989-11-10) 10 November 1989	Bardhaman	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	FC 100s : 1;
	Pankaj Shaw	(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988	Gopalpur, Nadia	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	FC 100s : 1;
63	Debabrata Das	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Siliguri	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	LA, T20
Rookie Batsmen
	Pramod Chandila	(1993-07-18) 18 July 1993		Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
Spinner All-rounders
	Aamir Gani	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996		Right-handed	Right-arm off break	T20
Wicket-keepers
24	Wriddhiman Saha	(1984-10-24) 24 October 1984	Saktigarh, Siliguri	Right-handed		FC 100s : 9; LA 100/50 : 2/19;
63	Shreevats Goswami	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989	Kolkata	Left-handed		LA 100/50 : 5/10
Pace Bowlers
02	Ashok Dinda	(1984-03-25) 25 March 1984	Medinipur	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	FC Wkts : 300+; LA Wkts : 100+;
11	Mohammed Shami	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990	Amroha	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Veer Pratap Singh	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992	Nalanda	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Amit Kuila	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995	Midnapore	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	T20
	Kanishk Seth	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997		Right-handed	Left-arm medium	T20
Spin Bowlers
30	Pragyan Ojha	(1986-09-05) 5 September 1986	Bhubaneswar	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	FC Wkts : 375+; LA Wkts : 100+
	Anurag Tiwari	(1995-11-15) 15 November 1995		Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

References

↑ "EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA". BCCI. Board of Cricket Control in India. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
↑ Ranji Trophy Winners
↑ "Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

External links

Ranji Trophy

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Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

Sports teams based in West Bengal

American football	EFLI Kolkata Vipers

Cricket	IPL Kolkata Knight Riders ICL Royal Bengal Tigers (now defunct) CCL Bengal Tigers Ranji Bengal cricket team

Football	I-League East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Mohun Bagan A.C. United S.C. I-League 2nd Division Bhawanipore F.C. Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. I-League Under 19 Bhawanipore F.C. East Bengal F.C. Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Mohun Bagan A.C. United S.C. NFL Mohun Bagan A.C. East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Tollygunge Agragami F.C. Fed Cup East Bengal F.C. Mohammedan S.C. Mohun Bagan A.C. United S.C. Bhawanipore F.C. Durand Cup Mohammedan S.C. Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. Bhawanipore F.C. Super Cup East Bengal F.C. Santosh Trophy West Bengal football team IFA East Bengal F.C. United S.C. Mohammedan S.C. Mohun Bagan A.C. ISL Atlético de Kolkata

Kabaddi	Pro Kabaddi Bengal Warriors

Rugby union	AISART Calcutta CFC Jungle Crows Sergeant's Institute

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One Day Domestic	Vijay Hazare Trophy Deodhar Trophy

Twenty20 Domestic	Indian Premier League (Overseas)

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