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The '''East Zone cricket team''' is a [[first class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] team that represents eastern [[India]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]] and [[Deodhar Trophy]]. It is a composite team of six first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the [[Ranji Trophy]]: [[Assam cricket team|Assam]], [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]], [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal (West Bengal)]], [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]], [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] and [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]].

East Zone has won the Duleep Trophy twice in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons, as well as the Deodhar Trophy four times in the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97 and 2003/04 seasons.

==Current squad==

Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''. ''Updated as on 26 Jul 2023''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Name
! Domestic team
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Format
! Notes
|-
! colspan="7" | Batters
|-
|| [[Anustup Majumdar]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1984|4|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Sudip Gharami]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1999|3|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Shantanu Mishra]] || Odisha || {{Birth date and age|1994|5|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Abhimanyu Easwaran]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1995|9|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || First-class & List A || Vice-captain
|-
|| '''[[Saurabh Tiwary]]''' || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|1989|12|30|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A || Captain
|-
|| [[Virat Singh]] || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|1997|12|8|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Subhranshu Senapati]] || Odisha || {{Birth date and age|1996|12|30|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Rishav Das]] || Assam || {{Birth date and age|1989|12|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | All-rounders
|-
|| '''[[Shahbaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Shahbaz Ahmed]]''' || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1994|12|11|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Riyan Parag]] || Assam || {{Birth date and age|2001|11|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Anukul Roy]] || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|1998|11|30|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Utkarsh Singh]] || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|1998|5|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers
|-
|| [[Abhishek Porel]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|2002|10|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || - || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Kumar Kushagra]] || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|2004|10|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| Bipin Saurabh || Bihar || {{Birth date and age|1999|11|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || - || First-class ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Spin Bowler
|-
|| '''[[Shahbaz Nadeem]]''' || Jharkhand || {{Birth date and age|1989|8|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Avinov Choudhury]] || Assam || {{Birth date and age|1999|12|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || List A ||
|-
! colspan="7" | Pace Bowlers
|-
|| [[Manisankar Murasingh]] || Tripura || {{Birth date and age|1993|1|1|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Ishan Porel]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1998|9|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Akash Deep]] || Bengal || {{Birth date and age|1996|12|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class & List A ||
|-
|| [[Suryakant Pradhan]] || Odisha || {{Birth date and age|1993|9|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || First-class ||
|-
|| [[Mukhtar Hussain]] || Assam || {{Birth date and age|1999|1|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || List A ||
|-
|| [[Abhijeet Saket]] || Bihar|| {{Birth date and age|1995|8|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || List A ||
|}

==Famous players from East Zone==
{{main|List of East Zone cricketers}}
*[[Pankaj Roy]]
*[[Sourav Ganguly]]
*[[Arun Lal]]
*[[Wriddhiman Saha]]
*[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
*[[Deep Dasgupta]]
*[[Rohan Gavaskar]]
*[[Devang Gandhi]]
*[[Debasis Mohanty]]
*[[Shiv Sunder Das]]
*[[Saurabh Tiwary]]
*[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
*[[Ashok Dinda]]
*[[Mohammed Shami]]
*[[Ishan Kishan]]

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/671/671.html East Zone] at CricketArchive

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MontyGilyard431 at 01:45, 29 January 2026