Odisha Cricket Association

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Odisha Cricket Association
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SportCricket
JurisdictionOdisha
AbbreviationOCA
Founded1949; 73 years ago (1949)[1]
AffiliationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
HeadquartersBarabati Stadium
LocationCuttack
PresidentPankaj Luchan Mohanty
SecretarySanjay Behera
CoachWasim Jaffer
Other key staff17
Official website
www.odishacricket.in
India

Odisha Cricket Association (abbreviated OCA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Odisha state of India and the Odisha cricket team. It was formed in the year of 1949 and its headquarters is in Cuttack Barabati Stadium Complex.[2] It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The OCA started a state-level Twenty-20 tournament, Odisha Premier League (OPL) in the lines of Indian Premier League in 2011.

OCA manages the famous Barabati Stadium and has got infrastructures and facilities like Odisha cricket academy, newly built 'Sachin Tendulkar Indoor cricket hall' and OCA Club complex and many grounds like DRIEMS cricket stadium, Ravenshaw university ground, SCB medical ground, Nimpur ground, Basundhara (Bidanasi) ground, Sunshine Ground, etc.

Secretary[]

Sanjay Behera is the Secretary of Odisha Cricket Association. He is son of former OCA secretary Ashirwad Behera.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ History of Odisha Cricket Association. Odisha Cricket Association
  2. ^ Arihant Experts (4 June 2019). Know Your State Odisha. Arihant Publications India limited. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-93-131-9327-2.
  3. ^ "OCA Election: Ashirbad's son Sanjay Behera elected Secretary". Reporters Today. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Sanjay Behera Elected Odisha Cricket Association Secretary". Odisha Television Ltd. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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