East Zone cricket team (Bangladesh)

The East Zone cricket team or Islami Bank East Zone is a first class cricket team that represents eastern Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL). It is a composite team of two Bangladeshi first-class teams: Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division. East Zone has played in the BCL from the opening 2012–13 season.[1]


In January 2018, they scored 735 runs for 6 wickets in their first innings against Central Zone in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Cricket League. This was the third-highest total in first-class cricket in Bangladesh and the second-highest total in the history of the Bangladesh Cricket League.[2]

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Name Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Rony TalukdarRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Mahmudul HasanRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Mohammad AshrafulRight-hand batRight-arm leg break
Tasamul HaqueRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Yasir AliRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Mominul HaqueLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodoxCaptain
Shamsur RahmanRight-hand bat
Imrul KayesLeft-hand bat
Sadikur RahmanLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
All-Rounders
Mohammad SaifuddinLeft-hand batRight-arm medium-fast
Afif HossainLeft-hand batRight-arm off break
Wicketkeepers
Zakir HasanLeft-hand bat
Mahidul Islam AnkonRight-hand bat
Spin Bowlers
Enamul Haque jnrRight-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Taijul IslamLeft-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Nayeem HasanRight-hand batRight-arm off break
Bowlers
Abu JayedRight-hand batRight-arm fast-medium
Farhad RezaRight-hand batRight-arm fast-mediumVice-Captain
Hasan MahmudRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Khaled AhmedRight-hand batRight-arm medium
Ifran HossainRight-hand batRight-arm medium

Players
Main article: List of East Zone cricketers (Bangladesh)

References
  1. "First-class events played by East Zone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. "Zakir's double in East's record total". Daily Star (Bangladhes). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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