Bengal announces 16-member squad for T20 tournament in Namibia

Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the side in the tournament that will provide pre-season international exposure to Bengal cricketers.

FILE PHOTO: Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead Bengal in the T20 league in Namibia. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has decided to send a 16-member Bengal squad to Namibia for the Global T20 Namibia 2022.

The tournament will begin on September 1 and Abhimanyu Easwaran will be leading the side. While the tournament will be a pre-season international exposure trip for the Bengal cricketers, the Namibian players will also get much-needed match practice ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia.

SQUAD

Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Abhishek Das, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Ranjot Singh Khaira, Shreyansh Ghosh, Karan Lal, Writtick Chatterjee, Shreyan Chakraborty, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Suprodip Debnath (wicketkeeper), Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Soumyyadip Mondal, Ravi Kumar. Standby: Ankur Paul, Pradipta Parmanik, Debopratim Haldar, Siddharth Singh