Bengal Cricket Appoints Manoj Tiwary as Skipper For Season 2018-19

One of the underrated cricketers in India, Manoj Tiwary has been named as the captain of Bengal Cricket. Now, he is will lead his state team in the domestic season of 2018-19.

Including the captaincy announcement, Bengal Association of Cricket (CAB) also announced the probable list as well. Surprisingly, they have retained most of their previous season players.

It is an honour and privilege: Manoj Tiwary:

The classy right-handed batsman once again shared his disappointment. The selectors didn’t pick Tiwary in India-A or Duleep Trophy squads. Despite all of them, Tiwary takes the privilege to lead Bengal.

Manoj Tiwary has been the consistent run-scorer for his side in the previous season. Despite scoring big tallies, selectors overlooked him each time, However, Tiwary added that he is happy for the new role.

“Yes, I am disappointed at not being picked for any of the Duleep Trophy teams. But I have never asked to be relieved of the responsibility of captaincy. Leading Bengal is an honour and privilege, and I am always ready to take up the challenge,” he said after the selection committee meeting.

However, it has been a nice gesture from the Bengal cricket for their run machine. Manoj Tiwary has already done enough services to Bengal and hopefully, he will lead the team from the front again.

Saha, Shami finds a place:

Meanwhile, the officials included their star players as well. The injured-Saha and the fast bowler Shami is on the list.

Well, the other notable inclusions in the side are Prayas Roy Burman, Satyaki Dutta and Shahbaz Ahmed have forced their way into contention on the strength of good performances at the club level.

Here is the probable list:

Manoj Tiwary (captain), Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammad Shami, Ashok Dinda, Sudip Chatterjee, Abhishek Raman, Koushik Ghosh, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Vivek Singh, Purab Joshi, Anustuph Majumder, Writtick Chatterjee, Satyaki Dutta, Sumanta Gupta, B Amit, Shreevats Goswami, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Ayan Bhattacharjee, Amir Gani, Pradipta Pramanik, Prayas Roy Burman, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ishan Porel, Alok Pratap Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Sayan Ghosh, Kanishk Seth, Amit Kuila, Veer Pratap Singh, Ritwick Roy Chowdhury, and Pritam Chakraborty.