Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is the governing body for

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in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. Its headquarters are located in the

Eden Gardens The Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world. The stadium currently has a capacity of 66,000. Eden Gardens is often re ...

stadium,

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. It is a full member of

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. It governs and manage

Bengal cricket team The Bengal cricket team represents the Indian state of West Bengal in domestic first-class cricket. It is considered Eastern India's strongest cricket team. The team plays its home matches at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Bengal has wo ...

and conduct various tournaments in the state. Its team represents West Bengal state in Indian domestic cricket. Its team plays their home matches at Eden Gardens cricket stadium, Kolkata.

Tournaments

The Cricket Association of Bengal organises various league tournaments, for the age group Under-13, Under-16, and Under-19 and Under-21 categories. It also conducts National and international Tournaments. Some of the tournaments are: *CAB One Day League *CAB Two Day League *CAB First Division League *CAB Superleague *CAB Senior Knockout * P. Sen Trophy *A.N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy *J.C. Mukherjee Trophy *CAB Under Thirteen *CAB Under Fifteen *CAB Under Eighteen

President

CAB president is head of its administration, who leads its meetings. Former Bengal and India cricketer

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), affectionately known as Dada (meaning ''"elder brother"'' in Bengali), is an Indian cricket administrator, commentator and former national cricket team captain w ...

served as its president from 2015 to 2019. Avishek Dalmiya, the son of former BCCI president

Jagmohan Dalmiya Jagmohan Dalmiya (30 May 1940 – 20 September 2015) was an Indian cricket administrator and businessman from the city of Kolkata. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as the Cricket Association of Bengal. He ...

was president from 2020 to 2022.

Snehasish Ganguly Snehasish Chandidas Ganguly (born 11 June 1965) is a former Indian first-class cricketer and president of the Cricket Association of Bengal. Snehasish had a career with Bengal which spanned ten years, however, he did not play internationally li ...

, the brother of Sourav Ganguly has been its president since October 2022.

West Bengal State T20 Cricket Federation

There are 18 District Associations which have been covered under WBSTCA, which also has 174 clubs/villages affiliated with the same.
District Units: *Kolkata District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Bankura District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Birbhum District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Burdhaman District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Coochbehar District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Darjeeling District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Hoogly District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Howrah District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Jalpaiguri District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Malda District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Midnapur District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Murshidabad District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Nadia District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *Purulia District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *North 24 Parganas District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *South 24 Parganas District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *South Dinajpur District Twenty 20 Cricket Association *North Dinajpur District Twenty 20 Cricket Association

References

External links

Info at ESPN Cricinfo

cabdistrict.com
Cricket administration in India Cricket in West Bengal

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