Template:For multi Template:Infobox cricket team The East Zone cricket team is a 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, Bihar, Bengal (West Bengal), Jharkhand, Odisha and 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
| Name | Domestic team | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| Anustup Majumdar | Bengal | 1984-4-30 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class | |
| Sudip Gharami | Bengal | 1999-3-21 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Shantanu Mishra | Odisha | 1994-5-30 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class | |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | Bengal | 1995-9-6 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class & List A | Vice-captain |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Jharkhand | 1989-12-30 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | Captain |
| Virat Singh | Jharkhand | 1997-12-8 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Subhranshu Senapati | Odisha | 1996-12-30 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Rishav Das | Assam | 1989-12-16 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Bengal | 1994-12-11 (age 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class & List A | |
| Riyan Parag | Assam | 2001-11-10 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class & List A | |
| Anukul Roy | Jharkhand | 1998-11-30 (age 28) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Utkarsh Singh | Jharkhand | 1998-5-7 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Abhishek Porel | Bengal | 2002-10-17 (age 24) | Left-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Kumar Kushagra | Jharkhand | 2004-10-23 (age 22) | Right-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Bipin Saurabh | Bihar | 1999-11-20 (age 27) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Spin Bowler | ||||||
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Jharkhand | 1989-8-12 (age 37) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Avinov Choudhury | Assam | 1999-12-1 (age 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Manisankar Murasingh | Tripura | 1993-1-1 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Ishan Porel | Bengal | 1998-9-5 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Akash Deep | Bengal | 1996-12-15 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Suryakant Pradhan | Odisha | 1993-9-30 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Mukhtar Hussain | Assam | 1999-1-11 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Abhijeet Saket | Bihar | 1995-8-3 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
Famous players from East Zone
- 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
- Ashok Dinda
- Mohammed Shami
- Ishan Kishan
External links
- East Zone at CricketArchive