Cricket Association of Bengal

**Cricket Association of Bengal**
**বঙ্গীয় ক্রিকেট অ্যাসোসিয়েশন**
Cricket Association of Bengal Logo
Formation	1908
Type	Sports
Headquarters	Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Club House, Fort William, Eden Gardens, Kolkata - 700021 Phone: 033-2248 3403, 033 - 2248 1144 / 2248 6000
Membership	Board of Control for Cricket in India
President	Sourav Ganguly^[1]^[2]
Key people	Subir Ganguly Abhishek Dalmiya^[1]
Website	Official website

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is the governing body for cricket in West Bengal. Its headquarters is located in the famous Eden Gardens stadium. It organizes different types of cricket tournaments in West Bengal.

The former Indian Cricketer and Captain Sourav Ganguly is the honourable President of CAB.^[3]

Tournaments

The Cricket Association of Bengal promotes and develops Cricket by conducting various League Tournaments, tournaments for the age group Under-13, Under-16, and Under-19 and Under-21 categories. CAB also conducts National and International Tournaments.

Some of the tournaments are:

CAB One Day League
CAB Two Day League
P. Sen Trophy
A.N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy
J.C. Mukherjee Trophy
CAB Under Thirteen
CAB Under Sixteen
CAB Under Twenty one

West Bengal State T20 Cricket Association (WBSTCA)

Ganguly T20 Cricket Association has been formed for providing opportunity to the poor cricketers who have got the potential talent to become a successful cricketer.

West Bengal State T20 Cricket Federation (ITCF)

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 Dinapur District Twenty 20 Cricket Association
North Dinapur District Twenty 20 Cricket Association

Panoramic View of the Stadium during IPL 2008

References

External links

Info at Cricinfo.com

Members of the Board of Control for Cricket in India

Full	Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association Assam Cricket Association Baroda Cricket Association Cricket Association of Bengal Cricket Club of India Delhi District Cricket Association Goa Cricket Association Gujarat Cricket Association Haryana Cricket Association Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Hyderabad Cricket Association Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association Jharkhand State Cricket Association Karnataka State Cricket Association Kerala Cricket Association Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Maharashtra Cricket Association Mumbai Cricket Association Odisha Cricket Association Punjab Cricket Association Rajasthan Cricket Association Railways Sports Promotion Board Services Sports Control Board Saurashtra Cricket Association Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Tripura Cricket Association Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Vidarbha Cricket Association

Associate	Association of Bihar Cricket Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh Manipur Cricket Association Sikkim Cricket Association

Affiliate	Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association Meghalaya Cricket Association Nagaland Cricket Association

Future	Cricket Association Andaman Nicobar Chandigarh Cricket Association Cricket Association of Mizoram Pondicherry Cricket Association Uttarakhand Cricket Association

Presidents of CAB

1928-1949	H. G. Pearson (1928-1930) F. M. Garnett (1931-1932) R. B. Lagden (1932-1934) J. H. Farquharson (1935) R. B. Lagden (1936-1939) M. Robertson (1940-1941) A. L. Hosie (1941) M. Robertson (1942) J. C. Mukherjee (1943-1949)

1950-1991	Bhupati Majumder (1950-1954) Tushar Kanti Ghosh (1955-1963) A. N. Ghosh (1963-1978) S. K. Acharyya (1978-1981) Siddhartha Shankar Ray (1982-1986) B. N. Dutt (1986-1991)

1992-present	Jagmohan Dalmiya (1992-2006) Prasun Mukherjee (2007-2008) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2008-2015) Sourav Ganguly (2015-present)

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