East Zone cricket team

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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.

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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

NameDomestic teamBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleFormatNotes
Batters
Anustup Majumdar Bengal30 April 1984 (age 41)Right-handedRight arm leg break First-class
Sudip Gharami Bengal21 March 1999 (age 26)Right-handedRight arm off break First-class & List A
Shantanu Mishra Odisha30 May 1994 (age 31)Right-handedRight arm off break First-class
Abhimanyu Easwaran Bengal6 September 1995 (age 30)Right-handedRight arm leg break First-class & List AVice-captain
Saurabh Tiwary Jharkhand30 December 1989 (age 35)Left-handedRight arm off break List ACaptain
Virat Singh Jharkhand8 December 1997 (age 27)Left-handedRight arm off break List A
Subhranshu Senapati Odisha30 December 1996 (age 28)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast List A
Rishav Das Assam16 December 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight arm off break List A
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed Bengal11 December 1994 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class & List A
Riyan Parag Assam10 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight arm leg break First-class & List A
Anukul Roy Jharkhand30 November 1998 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Utkarsh Singh Jharkhand7 May 1998 (age 27)Left-handedRight arm off break List A
Wicket-keepers
Abhishek Porel Bengal17 October 2002 (age 22)Left-handed-First-class & List A
Kumar Kushagra Jharkhand23 October 2004 (age 20)Right-handed-First-class & List A
Bipin SaurabhBihar20 November 1999 (age 25)Right-handed-First-class
Spin Bowler
Shahbaz Nadeem Jharkhand12 August 1989 (age 36)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox First-class
Avinov Choudhury Assam1 December 1999 (age 25)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox List A
Pace Bowlers
Manisankar Murasingh Tripura1 January 1993 (age 32)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast First-class & List A
Ishan Porel Bengal5 September 1998 (age 27)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast First-class
Akash Deep Bengal15 December 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast First-class & List A
Suryakant Pradhan Odisha30 September 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast First-class
Mukhtar Hussain Assam11 January 1999 (age 26)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast List A
Abhijeet Saket Bihar3 August 1995 (age 30)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast List A

Famous players from East Zone


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