East Zone 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 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
Batsmen
Parvez Aziz Assam 8 December 1987 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Natraj Behera Orissa 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 Orissa 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
Manoj Tiwary Bengal 14 November 1985 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 Orissa 14 December 1988 Right-handed Right arm medium
Laxmi Ratan Shukla Bengal 6 May 1981 Right-handed Right arm medium LA captain
Tarjinder Singh Assam 22 December 1987 Right-handed Right arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Shreevats Goswami Bengal 18 May 1989 Left-handed -
Wriddhiman Saha Bengal 24 October 1984 Right-handed - FC captain
Bowlers
Deepak Behera Orissa 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 Orissa 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

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