Mohun Bagan A.C. (cricket)

The Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The cricket division of the club participates in various tournaments of varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. The date of foundation of the club is debatable but there have been mentions of the club having a cricket team from as far back as 1922.

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club

Nickname(s)	The Mariners
Founded	15 August 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club
Owner	Mohun Bagan AC Society
President	Swapan Sadhan Bose
Honorary Secretary	Srinjoy Bose
Website	Club website

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (Cricket)

Team information
Colours	Green   Maroon
Founded	1920s[1]
Home ground	Eden Gardens
Capacity	66,349
History
CAB First Division League wins	27[2]
CAB Senior Knockout wins	32[2]
Official website	Official website
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit

Currently the team participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League, Bengal T20 League and JC Mukherjee Trophy. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens. They have won over 100 major state-level trophies so far.[2] In past many big names like Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and even Sri Lanakan player Chaminda Vaas had played for the club.[3]

Current squad

As of September 2020
Player(s) with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	D.O.B.	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Batsmen
Manoj Tiwary	14 November 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Sumanta Gupta	9 February 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Sudip Chatterjee	11 November 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm spin
Arindam Ghosh	30 April 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Rakesh Krishnan	23 June 1983	Left-handed	–
Aryasena Lahiri	15 May 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Jayojit Basu	14 September 1989	Right-handed	–
Writtick Chatterjee	28 September 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm spin
Wicket-keepers
Vivek Singh	1 November 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm pace
Debabrata Das	22 September 1993	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
Mohammed Shami	9 March 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm pace
Jayanta Das	24 August 1999	–	Left-arm spin
Turaka Kranthi	7 November 1999	–	Right-arm pace
Tuhin Banerjee	11 September 1992	Left-handed	Left-arm spin
Kumar Shyam Yadaw	12 November 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm pace
Sourav Mondal	5 November 1984	Left-handed	Left-arm pace
Ayan Bhattacharjee	17 July 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm pace
Rajkumar Pal	12 December 1983	Left-handed	Left-arm spin
Sayan Mondal	10 November 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm pace
Nilkantha Das	12 April 1987	–	Right-arm pace
Rahul Sethi	27 August 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm pace
Pritam Chakraborty	10 September 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm pace

Honours

• CAB First Division League (27): 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960 – 61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2017-18
• CAB Super League (2): 2015–16, 2017–18
• CAB Senior Knockout (32): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–1970, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–1985, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
• P Sen Trophy (19): 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2011–12
• J C Mukherjee Trophy (23): 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–1997, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018-19
• A N Ghosh Trophy (8): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–2010, 2010–11, 2011–12

References

1. "Countrywide success – 1920 to 1929". mohunbaganclub.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
2. "Trophy room–Cricket". themohunbaganac.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
3. "When Virat Kohli appeared for Mohun Bagan in 2009". DNA India. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.