KOLKATA: Much has changed for Bengal cricket since the team made the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy in the last domestic season. The team has got a new support staff with Laxmi Ratan Shukla taking over as the coach of the side replacing Arun Lal while former Bengal coach WV Raman was named the batting consultant. At the same time Bengal will be without three old warhorses for the first time in many years. While Wriddhiman Saha and Sudip Chatterjee have shifted base to Tripura, wicketkeeper-batter Shreevats Goswami will be playing for Mizoram this season.
With veteran Manoj Tiwary and Anushtup Majumder opting out of the shortest format, Bengal will be low on experience as they begin their domestic campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) Trophy in Lucknow on Tuesday. However, with the emergence of a number of new faces, the team will bank on youth and energy when they face Jharkhand in the opening match.
