Odisha cricket team

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Odisha cricket team
Personnel
Captain Govinda Poddar (FC & T20)
Biplab Samantray (LA)
Coach Dinesh Mongia [1]
Owner Odisha Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1949
Home ground Barabati Stadium
Capacity48,000
Secondary home ground(s) DRIEMS Ground
History
First-class debut Bihar
in 1949
at  Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Ranji Trophy  wins0
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins0
Official website OCA

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.

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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, and KIIT Cricket Stadium, also in Bhubaneswar. The Odisha cricket team is selected and governed by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).

History

Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to Bihar by 356 runs. [2] Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated Assam by an innings. [3] 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. [4]

Odisha's best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in the 2000–01 season, when they made their only semi-final appearance till date. The match was drawn but Baroda won on first innings. [5]

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 in 2016-17 and Subhranshu Senapati 2019–20. [6]

Competitive record

At the completion of the 2022–23 season, Odisha had played 325 Ranji Trophy matches. They had won 74, lost 115 and drawn 136 matches with 1 match abandoned. [7]

Past and present players

Players capped for Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:

Prominent players at the domestic level:

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
Shantanu Mishra 30 May 1994 (age 30)Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Sandeep Pattnaik 17 May 1998 (age 26)Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Anurag Sarangi 17 December 1992 (age 31)Left-hand batRight-arm medium
Kartik Biswal 30 June 1997 (age 27)Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Rakesh Pattnaik 30 June 1992 (age 32)Right-hand batRight-arm off break
Swastik Samal 27 July 2000 (age 24)Right-hand batRight-arm leg break
Gourav Choudhury 21 June 1999 (age 25)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Subham Satrujit12 September 1999 (age 25)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Govinda Poddar 9 September 1991 (age 33)Right-hand batRight-arm off breakFirst Class and Twenty20 Captain
Prayash Singh 2 December 1994 (age 29)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Biplab Samantray 14 December 1988 (age 35)Right-hand batRight-arm mediumList A Captain
Abhishek Yadav 8 June 1995 (age 29)Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Sambit Baral4 September 2002 (age 22)Left-hand batRight-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
Rajesh Dhuper 2 December 1999 (age 24)Right-hand bat
Aasirwad Swain3 March 2005 (age 19)Right-hand bat
Prabin Luha 11 May 1995 (age 29)Right-hand bat
Spin bowlers
Harshit Rathod 3 August 1998 (age 26)Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Jamala Mohapatra22 November 1990 (age 34)Right-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Sumit Sharma8 September 1995 (age 29)Left-hand batSlow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Debabrata Pradhan 10 October 1996 (age 28)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Rajesh Mohanty 20 May 2000 (age 24)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Sunil Roul 14 October 1998 (age 26)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Tarani Sa 14 September 1996 (age 28)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Suryakant Pradhan 30 September 1993 (age 31)Right-hand batRight-arm medium
Pradeep Pradhan30 June 1994 (age 30)Right-hand batRight-arm medium

Updated as on 29 November 2024

Coaches

Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:

Records

For more details on this topic, see List of Odisha first-class cricket records, List of Odisha List A cricket records, List of Odisha Twenty20 cricket records.

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