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Full name | Niranjan Jayaram Behera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cuttack, India | 2 May 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Allrounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002/03-2014/15 | Odisha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 14 December 2002 Odisha v Uttarpradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 17 December 2014 Odisha v Gujarat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20 debut | 3 April 2007 Odisha v Jharkhand cricket team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20 | 13 March 2011 Odisha v Madhya Pradesh cricket team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,23 January 2019 |
Niranjan Behera (born 2 May 1984) is an Indian cricketer who played for Odisha. [1]
Behera was born in 1984 in Cuttack of Odisha to Jayaram Behera and Manorama Behera. He has been married to a girl named Swagatika. He took admission to learn basics at a private cricket club based in Cuttack. [2]
Behera started his cricketing career as an Allrounder playing List-A cricket in 1999-00 Vijay Hajare Trophy for Odisha cricket team. He made his debut in the 2002–03 Ranji Trophy for Odisha. He last played for Odisha against Gujarat cricket team in the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy Season. Behera was selected to coach the U-19 Odisha cricket team in 2018. [3]
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