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 | (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class | |
| Sudip Gharami | Bengal | (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class & List A | |
| Shantanu Mishra | Odisha | (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | First-class | |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | Bengal | (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class & List A | Vice-captain |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Jharkhand | (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | Captain |
| Virat Singh | Jharkhand | (1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Subhranshu Senapati | Odisha | (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Rishav Das | Assam | (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Bengal | (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class & List A | |
| Riyan Parag | Assam | (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-class & List A | |
| Anukul Roy | Jharkhand | (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Utkarsh Singh | Jharkhand | (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | List A | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Abhishek Porel | Bengal | (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 (age 22) | Left-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Kumar Kushagra | Jharkhand | (2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | - | First-class & List A | |
| Bipin Saurabh | Bihar | (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | - | First-class | |
| Spin Bowler | ||||||
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Jharkhand | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | First-class | |
| Avinov Choudhury | Assam | (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Manisankar Murasingh | Tripura | (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Ishan Porel | Bengal | (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Akash Deep | Bengal | (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class & List A | |
| Suryakant Pradhan | Odisha | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | First-class | |
| Mukhtar Hussain | Assam | (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
| Abhijeet Saket | Bihar | (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | List A | |
Famous players from East Zone
Main article: 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
- Ashok Dinda
- Mohammed Shami
External links
- East Zone at CricketArchive
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