Abhimanyu Easwaran will captain Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026–27. The Cricket Association of Bengal’s November 5 selection notice names 19 players for the tournament in Mumbai from November 14 onwards.
Experienced seamers in the announced group
Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar are included alongside Shahbaz Ahamed and Prayas Ray Barman. The notice identifies Abishek Porel and Shakir Habib Gandhi as wicketkeepers and names Laxmi Ratan Shukla as chief coach.
The announcement lists the selected group; it does not name an eleven for an individual fixture.
Full announced squad
Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Yuvraj Deepak Keswani, Aditya Purohit, Abishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Shakir Habib Gandhi (wicketkeeper), Karan Lal, Pradipta Pramanik, Sourav Halder, Prayas Ray Barman, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Shahbaz Ahamed, Kanishk Seth, Sayan Ghosh, Syed Irfan Aftab, Akhilesh Yadav, Rishabh Chaudhary, Shashank Singh.

