The East Bengal cricket team is an Indian professional cricket team based in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

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. It participates in various tournaments of varying age groups conducted by the

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. The team plays its home matches mostly at the

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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

first Division league since the 50s and won their first

First Division League title in 1974–75 season jointly with

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. 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"

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. He, along with Indian cricket icons

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

Current squad

The Cricket squad of East Bengal Club for the season 2024–2025 '
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.

Coaching Staff

Honours

List of all Major Tournaments won by East Bengal Club in Cricket: *CAB First Division League ::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 *CAB Senior Knockout ::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 *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, 2009-10, 2016-17 *P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy ::Champions (10): 1976-77, 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12, 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

References

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