East Zone
Personnel
CaptainIrfan Shukkur
Team information
Established2012
History
BCL wins1

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]

In Round 3 of 2023–24 Bangladesh Cricket League, East Zone defeated North Zone by an innings and 112 runs. They finished the league as the table-toppers with 20 points, and clinched their maiden BCL title.[3]

Current squad

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.
  3. ^ "East Zone claim maiden BCL title". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 December 2023.


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