The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter Zonal. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Assam, Bengal (West Bengal), Jharkhand, Orissa 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
| Name | Domestic team | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-Class Captain | |||||
| Wriddhiman Saha | Bengal | 24 October 1984 | Right-handed | - | |
| T20 Captain | |||||
| Manoj Tiwary | Bengal | 14 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Batsmen | |||||
| Parvez Aziz | Assam | 8 December 1987 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Natraj Behera | Odisha | 28 May 1988 | Right-handed | ||
| Pallavkumar Das | Assam | 17 January 1990 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Kumar Deobrat | Jharkhand | 24 October 1992 | Right-handed | - | |
| Ishank Jaggi | Jharkhand | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Anustup Majumdar | Bengal | 30 April 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Rameez Nemat | Jharkhand | 14 November 1986 | Right-handed | ||
| Govind Podder | Odisha | 9 September 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Sibsankar Roy | Assam | 10 October 1990 | Left-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Subhrajit Roy | Tripura | 16 July 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Jharkhand | 30 December 1989 | Left-handed | - | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Manisankar Murasingh | Tripura | 1 January 1993 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Biplab Samantray | Odisha | 14 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Tarjinder Singh | Assam | 22 December 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Shreevats Goswami | Bengal | 18 May 1989 | Left-handed | - | |
| Bowlers | |||||
| Deepak Behera | Odisha | 15 January 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Ashok Dinda | Bengal | 25 March 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Sunny Gupta | Jharkhand | 27 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Basant Mohanty | Odisha | 24 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Jharkhand | 12 August 1989 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Abu Nechim | Assam | 5 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Samar Quadri | Jharkhand | 27 July 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Rahul Shukla | Jharkhand | 28 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Ajay Yadav | Jharkhand | 18 December 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
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
- Santosh R Gupta
- Manoj Tiwary
- Ashok Dinda
External links
- East Zone at CricketArchive