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Odisha cricket team

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Odisha cricket team
Personnel
CaptainGovinda Poddar (FC & T20)
Biplab Samantray (LA)
CoachDinesh Mongia[1]
OwnerOdisha Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1949
Home groundBarabati Stadium
Capacity48,000
Secondary home ground(s)DRIEMS Ground
History
First-class debutBihar
in 1949
at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
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 Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).

History

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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

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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

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

Prominent players at the domestic level:

Squad

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Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Shantanu Mishra (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Sandeep Pattnaik (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Anurag Sarangi (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) Left-hand bat Right-arm medium
Kartik Biswal (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 27) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Rakesh Pattnaik (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break
Swastik Samal (2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 24) Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Govinda Poddar (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 33) Right-hand bat Right-arm off break First Class and Twenty20 Captain
Prayash Singh (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 29) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Biplab Samantray (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 35) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium List A Captain
Abhishek Yadav (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 29) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicketkeepers
Rajesh Dhuper (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 24) Right-hand bat
Aasirwad Swain (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19) Right-hand bat
Spin bowlers
Harshit Rathod (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26) Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Sumit Sharma (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 29) Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace bowlers
Debabrata Pradhan (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Rajesh Mohanty (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 (age 24) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Sunil Roul (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Tarani Sa (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 28) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Suryakant Pradhan (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) Right-hand bat Right-arm medium

Updated as on 18 October 2024

Coaches

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Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:

Records

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Mongia, Dhar appointed head coaches of Odisha cricket teams". Orisports. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Bihar v Orissa 1949–50". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Orissa v Assam 1952–53". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Orissa". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Baroda v Orissa". CricketArchive. 5 April 2001. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Samit Gohel's 359* shatters 117-year record". ESPNcricinfo. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Ranji Trophy Playing Record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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