Bengal cricket team

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{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{distinguish|East Bengal cricket team}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Bengal cricket team
| image =Logo of the Cricket Association of Bengal.png
| captain = [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]]
| coach = [[Laxmi Ratan]]
| colours = {{color box|#27408B}} Dark Blue <br />{{color box|Yellow}} Yellow
| owner = [[Cricket Association of Bengal]]
| founded = 1889
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]]
| capacity = 66,349<ref name=bcci17>{{cite web |title=Eden Gardens, Kolkata |url=http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9 |publisher=Board of Cricket Control in India |access-date=17 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730150108/http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/community/venues/venue/4d1dcac36bcb9 |archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>
| first_fc = [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]
| first_fc_year = 1935
| first_fc_venue = [[Eden Gardens|Eden Gardens, Calcutta]]
| title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
| title1wins = 2
| title2 = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]
| title2wins = 1
| title3 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
| title3wins = 1
| website = [http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/ CAB]
}}
The ''' Bengal cricket team''' is an [[India|Indian]] domestic cricket team representing the state of [[West Bengal]]. The team is based in [[Kolkata]]. It is administered by the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] (CAB) and participates in tournaments organized by the [[Board of Control of Cricket in India]] (BCCI). The team competes in the [[First-class cricket]] competition known as the [[Ranji Trophy]], the [[List A cricket]] [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]], and the [[Twenty20|T20]] competition [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] (SMAT).

They have been playing [[first-class cricket]] since 1935. Bengal have won the [[Ranji Trophy]] twice and been runners-up 13 times. They also play in the [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] and the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]], both of which they have won once.

Several international cricketers have played for the team including [[Dilip Doshi]], [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Deep Dasgupta]], [[Mohammed Shami]], [[Pankaj Roy]], and [[Wriddhiman Saha]].

==History==
[[File:Ground of Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan'y 1861 - Percy Carpenter.png|thumb|left|''Ground of the Calcutta Cricket Club, 15 Jan'y. 1861 H.M. 68th L.I. from Rangoon, versus the Calcutta Cricket Club'', a [[lithograph]] after a [[watercolour painting|watercolour]] by [[Percy Carpenter]], depicting a [[Calcutta Cricket Club]] match played at Eden Gardens.]]
The [[Calcutta Cricket Club]] was founded in 1792 with membership restricted to Europeans.<ref>{{cite web |title=The British hangover of Kolkata's elite clubs |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/the-british-hangover-of-kolkatas-elite-clubs |date=18 February 2021 |access-date=4 November 2023 |publisher=Get Bengal News |location=Kolkata |first1=Mallika |last1=Bhaumik |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218125215/https://www.getbengal.com/details/the-british-hangover-of-kolkatas-elite-clubs |archive-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBf5MgEACAAJ |title=Seventeen Ninety Two: A History of the Calcutta Cricket & Football Club |first=Sujoy |last=Gupta |location=Kolkata |publisher=Calcutta Cricket & Football Club |date=1 January 2002 |pages=180 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815181808/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Seventeen_Ninety_Two.html?id=JBf5MgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=15 August 2023}}</ref> The team's earliest known match was reported 23 February 1792 in the ''[[Madras Courier]]'', Calcutta playing a team from [[Barrackpore]] and [[Dumdum]].<ref name=DYSS>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology Chronology of Sports Events]. West Bengal Department of Youth Services and Sports, 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2023.</ref> [[Eden Gardens]] was established as the club's home stadium in 1864. It had been a park called Auckland Circus Gardens, named after [[George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland]], who was the [[Governor-General of India]] from 1836 to 1842. It was renamed Eden Gardens in 1841, in honour of Auckland's two sisters.<ref name=DYSS/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-walk-in-and-around-eden-gardens-in-kolkata-495627 |last1=Bag |first1=Shamik |title=In the shadow of Eden |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=January 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619204248/http://www.espncricinfo.com/travel/content/current/story/495627.html |archive-date=19 June 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kolkatacitytours.com/eden-gardens-stadium-kolkata/ |title=Eden Gardens |publisher=Kolkata City Tours |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426154752/http://kolkatacitytours.com/eden-gardens-stadium-kolkata/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

For the first time, a team representing Bengal was formed in December 1889 for a match against [[G. F. Vernon's cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1889–90|an English touring team]] at Eden Gardens.<ref name=DYSS/> At that time, no native Bengalis were involved and the team, captained by British Army officer [[Cleveland Greenway]], was composed of European colonials who were mostly British expatriates. Bengal lost the match, played over the New Year period, by an innings and 17 runs.<ref>Guha, 2001, pp. 33–37.</ref> In January 1923, a Bengal team took part in the [[Nagpur]] Provincial Tournament and, having defeated a Central Provinces XI in their semi-final, lost the final against [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]. The Bengal team in this competition included a couple of native players but, as before, it was principally a colonial enterprise.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/7/Nagpur_Provincial_Tournament_1922-23.html Nagpur Provincial Tournament itinerary, 1923]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref> The [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] (CAB) was founded in 1928 and has governance of all cricket in [[West Bengal]], including management of the Bengal team.<ref>[https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/history.php Early History of Bengal Cricket leading to the formation of the Cricket Association of Bengal in 1928]. Bengal Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 November 2023.</ref>

[[Image:Manoj Tiwary fielding.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] is Bengal's current first-class captain.]]
In 1934, the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) organised the [[Ranji Trophy]] but Bengal did not take part in 1934–35. Bengal achieved [[first-class cricket|first-class status]] in December 1935 when they played the [[Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1935–36|Australian tourists]]. Bengal were captained by [[Alec Hosie]] and the team included [[Shute Banerjee]]. Although the Australian team on that tour was a mixed bag of veterans and fringe players, they easily defeated Bengal by 9 wickets.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1935-36/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_BENG_27-29DEC1935.html Bengal v Australians, December 1935]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15664.html Bengal v Australians, December 1935]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>

In January 1936, Bengal joined the Ranji Trophy, playing in the East Zone, and reached the semi-final where they lost to [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]. In 1936–37, Bengal were runners-up to [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]. Two years later, in 1938–39, Bengal won the Ranji for the first time when they defeated [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology |title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal |website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in |publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports |date=2017 |access-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology |archive-date=13 October 2022 |location=Kolkata}}</ref> Throughout this period, Bengal was essentially a [[West Bengal]] team. They were based in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and played all their matches at Eden Gardens. The earliest match of note in [[Dhaka]] was in February 1941 when a Bengal Governor's XI played the Bengal Gymkhana at the [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], then called the Dacca Stadium.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/168/168094.html Bengal Governor's XI v Bengal Gymkhana, 1941]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref> Following [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Bengal was split into West (India) and East (then Pakistan, now Bangladesh).

Bengal won their second Ranji Trophy in 1989–90 when they defeated [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] in the final.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/261615.html |title=The Ranji Trophy |access-date=27 February 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> To 2023, In addition to their two titles, Bengal have been runners-up 13 times, most recently in [[2022–23 Ranji Trophy|2022–23]], and only [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay/Mumbai]] have appeared in more finals.<ref>[https://acscricket.com/?page_id=2346 Ranji Trophy Winners (from 1934/35)]. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 29 November 2023.</ref>

Having won the [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] in 2011, Bengal won the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] in 2012. Playing under the captaincy of [[Sourav Ganguly]], they defeated [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] in the final at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], Delhi on 12 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2010/engine/match/526378.html |title=Final: Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, March 12, 2012. Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref>

Author [[Mihir Bose]], writing in 1990, commented that cricket's first secure foothold in India was [[Calcutta Cricket Club]], founded 1792 and only five years younger than [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC). Despite continuing enthusiasm for the sport in Bengal, it is overshadowed by [[Mumbai]] as "the centre for Indian cricket".<ref name=Bose18>Bose, 1990, p. 18.</ref> Bose describes Eden Gardens as "one of the great Test match centres of the world", but he laments the relative lack of Bengali Test players saying that only "a handful" has played Test cricket.<ref name=Bose18/>

To the end of 2023, Bengal have played in a total of 450 first-class matches, 446 of them in the Ranji Trophy. The exceptions are the team's inaugural first-class match against the 1935/36 Australians; [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in December 1951; the [[Commonwealth XI cricket team in India in 1953–54|Commonwealth XI]] in December 1953; and the 1990/91 [[Irani Cup]] against [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/36/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Bengal]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>

==Home grounds==
[[File:Eden Garden Stadium Kolkata MB01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eden Gardens]] today]]
* [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]] – the second largest stadium in India and also the home ground of [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
* [[Jadavpur University Campus Ground]], [[Jadavpur]] – leased out to the Cricket Association of Bengal, it hosts inter-state and intrastate matches
* [[Bengal Cricket Academy]], [[Kalyani, India|Kalyani]]
* Deshbandu Park, [[North Kolkata]] – hosted matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy, [[Cooch Behar Trophy]], Vijay Merchant Trophy and Polly Umrigar Trophy

==Honours==
* '''[[Ranji Trophy]]'''
** '''Winners (2):''' [[1938–39 Ranji Trophy|1938–39]], [[1989–90 Ranji Trophy|1989–90]]
** '''Runners-up (13):''' [[1936–37 Ranji Trophy|1936–37]], [[1943–44 Ranji Trophy|1943–44]], [[1952–53 Ranji Trophy|1952–53]], [[1955–56 Ranji Trophy|1955–56]], [[1958–59 Ranji Trophy|1958–59]], [[1968–69 Ranji Trophy|1968–69]], [[1971–72 Ranji Trophy|1971–72]], [[1988–89 Ranji Trophy|1988–89]], [[1993–94 Ranji Trophy|1993–94]], [[2005–06 Ranji Trophy|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Ranji Trophy|2006–07]], [[2019–20 Ranji Trophy|2019–20]], [[2022–23 Ranji Trophy|2022–23]]

* '''[[Wills Trophy]]'''
** '''Runners-up (2):''' 1995–96, 1998–99

* '''[[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [[2011–12 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2011–12]]
** '''Runners-up (5):''' [[2003–04 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2003–04]], [[2007–08 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2009–10]], [[2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy|2016–17]]

* '''[[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [[2010–11 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy|2010–11]]

==Players==
===Current squad===
''Updated as on 18 February 2026''.

Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Name
! Birth date
! Batting
! Bowling
! Notes
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| Batters
|-
| [[Sudip Kumar Gharami]] || {{birth date and age|1999|3|21|df=y}} || RHB || [[Off break|OB]] ||<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sudip-kumar-gharami-1211699 Sudip Kumar Gharami], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1743/1743238/1743238.html Sudip Kumar Gharani], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] || {{birth date and age|1995|9|6|df=y}}|| RHB || LB || Captain <br> Non-international, but has been a standby for India Test squads.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/abhimanyu-easwaran-699491 Abhimanyu Easwaran], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/923/923621/923621.html Abhimanyu Easwaran], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anustup Majumdar]] || {{birth date and age|1984|4|30|df=y}} || RHB || [[Leg break|LB]] ||<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/anustup-majumdar-31750 Anustup Majumdar], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/71/71339/71339.html Anustup Majumdar], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sumanta Gupta]] || {{birth date and age|1991|2|9|df=y}} || RHB || LB || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sumanta-gupta-1131610], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2024.</ref>
|-
| [[Sudip Chatterjee (cricketer)|Sudip Chatterjee]] || {{birth date and age|1991|11|11|df=y}} || LHB || LB || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sudip-chatterjee-447142], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| All-rounders
|-
| '''[[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed]]''' || {{birth date and age|1994|12|12|df=y}} || LHB || [[Slow left-arm orthodox|SLA]] || Plays for [[Lucknow Super Giants]] in [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/shahbaz-ahmed-1159711 Shahbaz Ahmed]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2274/2274642/2274642.html Shahbaz Ahmed]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Karan Lal]] || {{birth date and age|2000|10|19|df=y}} || RHB || OB || Under-19 international.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/karan-lal-1175495 Karan Lal], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2303/2303230/2303230.html Karan Lal], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| Rahul Prasad || {{birth date and age|2004|10|13|df=y}}|| RHB || OB || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rahul-prasad-1506066], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2025.</ref>
|-
| Vishal Bhati || {{birth date and age|2005|11|14|df=y}} || LHB || SLA || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/vishal-bhati-1469927 Vishal Bhati]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2025.</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | Wicket-keepers
|-
| [[Abishek Porel]] || {{birth date and age|2002|10|17|df=y}} || LHB || || Vice-Captain <br> Plays for [[Delhi Capitals]] in IPL.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/abishek-porel-1277545 Abishek Porel], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2304/2304538/2304538.html Abhishek Porel], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| Shakir Habib Gandhi || {{birth date and age|1999|10|8|df=y}} || RHB || || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/habib-gandhi-1277540 Habib Gandhi], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2303/2303411/2303411.html Habib Gandhi], CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| Spin bowlers
|-
| [[Writtick Chatterjee]] || {{birth date and age|1992|9|28|df=y}} || RHB || OB || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/writtick-chatterjee-699493], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.</ref>
|-
| [[Pradipta Pramanik]] || {{birth date and age|1998|10|8|df=y}} || RHB || SLA || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/pradipta-pramanik-942651 Pradipta Pramanik]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1277/1277450/1277450.html Pradipta Pramanik]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aamir Gani]] || {{birth date and age|1996|8|27|df=y}} || RHB || OB || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/aamir-gani-642543 Aamir Gani]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2026</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| Seam bowlers
|-
| '''[[Mohammed Shami]]''' || {{birth date and age|1990|9|3|df=y}} || RHB || RM || Plays for [[Lucknow Super Giants]] in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mohammed-shami-481896 Mohammed Shami]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2024.</ref>
|-
| '''[[Akash Deep]]''' || {{birth date and age|1996|12|15|df=y}} || RHB || RFM || Plays for [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]].<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/akash-deep-1176959 Akash Deep]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2025.</ref>
|-
| '''[[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]]''' || {{birth date and age|1993|10|12|df=y}} || RHB || RFM || Plays for [[Delhi Capitals]] in IPL.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mukesh-kumar-926851 Mukesh Kumar]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1708/1708251/1708251.html Mukesh Kumar]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| Suraj Jaiswal || {{birth date and age|1999|12|2|df=y}} || RHB || RM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/suraj-sindhu-jaiswal-1277582]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2023.</ref>
|-
| [[Ishan Porel]] || {{birth date and age|1998|9|5|df=y}} || RHB || RFM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ishan-porel-967603 Ishan Porel]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1385/1385419/1385419.html Ishan Porel]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| Rohit Kumar || {{birth date and age|2001|11|19|df=y}} || RHB || RM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rohit-kumar-1277544 Rohit Kumar]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2026</ref>
|-
| Mohammad Kaif || {{birth date and age|1996|12|10|df=y}} || RHB || RFM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mohammed-kaif-1246485 Mohammed Kaif]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2441/2441564/2441564.html Mohammed Kaif]. CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2023. {{subscription}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sayan Ghosh]] || {{birth date and age|1992|9|16|df=y}} || RHB || RM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sayan-ghosh-736413 Sayan Ghosh]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2024.</ref>
|-
| Saksham Choudhary || {{birth date and age|1999|9|15|df=y}} || LHB || RM || <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/saksham-choudhary-1403164]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2024.</ref>
|}

===Notable former players===
{{further|List of Bengal cricketers}}
[[File:Sourav Ganguly crop.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Sourav Ganguly]] captained [[India national cricket team|India]] for five years.]]
The following Bengal cricketers hold team records or have made international appearances in Test, ODI or T20I matches.
{|
|-
|valign="top" width="25%"|
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pravin Amre]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Madhav Apte]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Lal]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shute Banerjee]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Montu Banerjee]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Subroto Banerjee]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Prakash Bhandari]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gopal Bose]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Premangsu Chatterjee]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Utpal Chatterjee]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nirode Chowdhury]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Deep Dasgupta]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Akash Deep]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Dinda]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Dilip Doshi]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Devang Gandhi]]
|valign="top" width="25%"|
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Gandotra]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Gavaskar]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Subrata Guha]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhash Gupte]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Baloo Gupte]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Narendra Hirwani]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Saba Karim]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramnath Kenny]]
* {{flagicon|WIN}} [[Lester King (cricketer)|Lester King]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Shami]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Malhotra]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vijay Manjrekar]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vinoo Mankad]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Saradindu Mukherjee]]
|valign="top" width="25%"|
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[C. S. Nayudu]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pragyan Ojha]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Phiroze Palia]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Dattu Phadkar]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pankaj Roy]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ambar Roy]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranab Roy]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Wriddhiman Saha]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Probir Sen]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Chetan Sharma]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rakesh Shukla (cricketer)|Rakesh Shukla]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Laxmi Shukla]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Prashant Vaidya]]
* {{Flagicon|India}} [[Saurasish Lahiri]]
|valign="top" width="25%"|
|}

==Statistics==
{{Main|List of Bengal cricket team records and statistics}}
==Notes==
===References===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
{{refbegin|}}
* {{cite book |last=Bose |first=Mihir |author-link=Mihir Bose |title=A History of Indian Cricket |year=1990 |publisher=Andre Deutsch |location=London |isbn=0-233-98563-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |author-link=Ramachandra Guha |title=A Corner of a Foreign Field |year=2002 |publisher=Picador |location=London |isbn=0-330-49117-2}}
{{refend|}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/IND/RANJI_WINNERS.html Ranji Trophy winners]
* [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/engine/records/index.html?id=2009%2F10;team=1623;type=season Bengal cricket team; records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127172402/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/engine/records/index.html?id=2009%2F10;team=1623;type=season |date=27 November 2011 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204230336/http://tvc2.com/news/saurav-ganguly-made-135-runs-vs-haryana-in-ranji-trophy-201112-video-191.html Saurav Ganguly made 135 runs vs Haryana in Ranji Trophy]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_women%27s_cricket_team; Bengal Women's Cricket Team]

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