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