Kolkata : Bengal has announced squad for Practice Matches against Assam at Guwahati ahead of Ranji Trophy 2026.
Sudip Chatterjee will captain the side. Bengal young wicket keeper Batter who was arrested for multiple charges against him off the field has returned to the squad after being released 36 days later.
Apart from Abhishek and Sudip, veteran Batter who also captained Bengal last season – Abhimanyu Easwaran is also added. The elder brother of Abhishek – Ishan Porel forms the spearhead of pace department along with likes of Md Kaif, Suraj Jaiswal, etc.
In form all rounders who impressed in domestic circuit and Bengal T20 League 2026 – Karan Lal and Pradipta Pramanik form main balance of the team.
Bengal was supposed to face Hyderabad at Kalyani for Warm Up games. Although Hyderabad arrived with team, due to rain both matches were washed out.
Now Bengal will move to Guwahati from Kolkata on September 30, for playing 4 days practice game against Assam from 2-5 October at ACA Stadium.
Bengal will be without head coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla who will head to Srinagar to lead Rest of India for Irani Cup final against Jammu and Kashmir starting from October 1. It was his idea to arrange Bengal’s practice match at a place where rain couldn’t hamper. Bengal team will be coached by Surendra Bhave, the deputy to Shukla.
Bengal Senior Squad for Practice matches :
Sudip Chatterjee (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ankur Paul, Ankit Shukla, Sumanta Gupta, Subham Chatterjee, Abhishek Porel, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Pradipta Pramanik, Karan Lal, Aamir Gani, Soummyadip Mandal, Suraj Jaiswal, Md Kaif, Geet Puri, Ishan Porel.
