Odisha cricket team

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Odisha Cricket Team
Personnel
CaptainSubhranshu Senapati
CoachWasim Jaffer[1]
OwnerOdisha Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1930
Home groundBarabati Stadium (and other stadiums)
Capacity60,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteOCA

The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Odisha. It is in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy.

Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur, KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar and other grounds.

The team's recent best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in the 2016–17 season and 2019-20 season, when they advanced to the quarter-final stage. They lost there to the eventual champions Gujarat and Bengal respectively.Under the captaincy of Govinda Poddar and Subhranshu Senapati .[2]

The Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The OCA organises the Odisha Premier League every year to promote cricket and search for local talent throughout the state.

History[]

Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to Bihar by 356 runs.[3] Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated Assam by an innings.[4] They played only against other East Zone teams (Bihar, Assam and Bengal) until 1983–84, when they progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals for the first time.[5]

At the completion of the 2017–18 season, Odisha had played 296 Ranji Trophy matches. They had won 64, lost 106 and drawn 126.[6]

Past and present players[]

Players from Odisha who have played for India, along with year of debut:

  • Debashish Mohanty (1997)
  • Sanjay Raul (1998)
  • Shiv Sunder Das (2000)

Prominent players at the domestic level:

Squad[]

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Subhranshu Senapati (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 25) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium First Class and List A Captain
Anurag Sarangi (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 29) Left-hand bat Right-arm medium
Debasish Samantray (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 25) Left-hand bat
Sandeep Pattnaik (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 23) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Abhishek Yadav (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 26) Left-hand bat
Anshy Rath (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 25) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox Played International cricket for Hong Kong
All-rounders
Govinda Poddar (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 30) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Abhishek Raut (1987-03-03) 3 March 1987 (age 34) Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Biplab Samantray (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 33) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Shantanu Mishra (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 27) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Sarbeswar Mohanty (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 26) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Prayash Singh (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 27) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Rajesh Dhuper (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 22) Right-hand bat Twenty20 Captain
Sujit Lenka (1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 29) Right-hand bat
Spin bowlers
Jayanta Behera (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 35) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Bikash Rout (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 28) Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
Pappu Roy (1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 (age 26) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Debabrata Pradhan (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 25) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Rajesh Mohanty (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 (age 21) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Suryakant Pradhan (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 28) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Basant Mohanty (1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 (age 35) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Ashish Rai (1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 24) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Sunil Roul (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 23) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast

Coaches[]

Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:

  • Debashish Mohanty
  • Shiv Sunder Das
  • Sanjay Raul
  • Ranjib Biswal
  • Michael Bevan
  • Sourajit Mohapatra
  • Wasim Jaffer

Records[]

For more details on this topic, see List of Odisha first-class cricket records, List of Odisha List A cricket records, .

References[]

  1. ^ "Wasim Jaffer appointed Odisha head coach". CricBuzz. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Samit Gohel's 359* shatters 117-year record". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Bihar v Orissa 1949–50". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Orissa v Assam 1952–53". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Orissa". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Ranji Trophy Playing Record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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