The India striker scored thrice in a 5-3 victory over HASC in the\n\nNational Football League.
The Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club named the East Bengal striker best player for 2002-03.
The India forward's name as skipper was approved at a meeting of the club's executive committee on Tuesday.
The two stalwarts of Indian football failed to measure up to coach Bob Houghton's high fitness demands and were axed from the team for the Asian Cup qualifier.
Among them are 12 from NFL champions East Bengal.
Alvito D'Cunha scored a brace in a 2-0 win over West Bengal Police in the Kolkata League.
Goals by Alvito D'Cunha and Asim Biswas gave East Bengal a 2-0 victory in the Kolkata Senior Division football League.
Striker Mike Okoro, Baichung Bhutia and Alvito D'Cunha scored goals.\n\n\n\n
A 3-1 victory gave the Kolkata giants a nine-point lead of second-placed Salgaocar in the NFL.
Odafe Okolie's late goal gave the Goa team a 3-2 victory and took them to fourth place on the league table.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in their opening match of the National Football League.
Star striker Bhaichung Bhutia scored eight minutes from time to guide 10-man East Bengal to a solitary goal win over JCT in their final Group A match and book a berth in the semi-finals of the Federation Cup in Silchar on Sunday.
Muritala Ali scored a fine brace as Mahindra United beat East Bengal 3-2 to register their first victory in the I-League at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Wednesday.
East Bengal prevailed over Tollyhunge Aggragami 1-0 to consolidate their position atop the National Football League.
A 4-0 victory gave the defending champions their fifth victory from nine matches in the National Football League.
Dempo are looking to maintain their good run when they take on their West Asian rivals in the first leg of the AFC Cup semi-final at the Sports City Stadium in Lebanon on Tuesday.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 in the Kolkata Super Division.
The Kolkata giants beat ITI, Bangalore, 3-1 in a National Football League match.
The draw enabled East Bengal stay unbeaten with 17 points from seven matches in the National Football League.
With a spectre of relegation looming large, East Bengal finally made a turnaround to beat favourites Dempo Sports Club by a solitary second-half goal in their I-League soccer match in Kolkata on Sunday.
Saumik Dey's goal gave East Bengal a 1-0 victory over Mohun Bagan and took them to the top of the league.
Strikes from Syed Rahim Nabi and skipper Alvito D'Cunha in the first half settled the issue in favour of the Kolkata giants.
East Bengal pipped Federation Cup and National Football League champions Mahindra United 2-1 to lift the ONGC Super Cup title
To lend his support, Former Indian footballer Mehtab joined Mamata Banerjee's march for the protesting wrestler's.
East Bengal started their campaign in the I-League on a confident note defeating Viva Kerala by a brace at the floodlit Barasat stadium on Sunday.
Diego Maradona showed glimpses of his famous dribbling skills, his deft left-footed touches and even crooned Spanish songs as he mesmerised a bunch of school children during an event in Barasat on Tuesday.
