East Zone cricket team (Bangladesh)

East Zone

Personnel
Captain	Irfan Shukkur
Team information
Established	2012
History
BCL wins	1

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

• Irfan Shukkur (c) (wk)
• Shykat Ali
• Amite Hasan
• Jaker Ali
• Nasum Ahmed
• Yasir Ali
• Parvez Hossain Emon
• Shamsur Rahman
• Rejaur Rahman Raja
• Tanzim Hasan Sakib
• Nayeem Ahmed
• Shamim Hossain
• Abu Jayed Rahi
• Khaled Ahmed
• Mominul Haque
• Zakir Hasan
• Shahadat Hossain

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.