Odisha cricket team
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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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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Subhranshu Senapati (FC) Biplab Samantray (LA & T20) |
| Coach | Dinesh Mongia[1] |
| Owner | Odisha Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Home ground | Barabati Stadium |
| Capacity | 48,000 |
| Secondary home ground | DRIEMS Ground |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Bihar in 1949 at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
| Official website | OCA |
Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium and KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar, and Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur. 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 and 139 runs.[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 was managing to advance to the quarter-final stage in both the 2016–17 and 2019–20 seasons. 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:
- Debashish Mohanty (1997)
- Sanjay Raul (1998)
- Shiv Sunder Das (2000)
- Anshuman Rath (2014) (International caps for Hong Kong)
Prominent players at the domestic level:
- Sasanka Patnaik (1949–1965)
- Banabasi Patnaik (1949–1965)
- Nyayapathy Swamy (1956–1976)
- Bisuddhananda Jena (1957–1970)
- Harmohan Praharaj (1978–1991)
- Asjit Jaiprakasham (1980–1992)
- Rashmi Parida (1995–2007)
- Pravanjan Mullick (1996–2010)
- Pinninti Jayachandra (1996–2008)
- Sanjay Satpathy (1997–2007)
- Natraj Behera (2000–2014)
- Basant Mohanty (2007–2023)
- Govinda Poddar (2009–present)
- Biplab Samantray (2009–present)
- Deepak Behera (2009–2019)
- Suryakant Pradhan (2013–2024)
- Subhranshu Senapati (2016–present)
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||
| Swastik Samal | 27 July 2000 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| Subhranshu Senapati | 30 December 1996 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | First-class Captain |
| Sandeep Pattnaik | 17 May 1998 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Gourav Choudhury | 21 June 1999 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Om Munde | 16 June 2003 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| Anil Parida | 27 December 2000 | Right-hand bat | ||
| Subham Satrujit | 12 September 1999 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Aditya Rout | 27 October 2003 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Sambit Baral | 4 September 2002 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Govinda Poddar | 9 September 1991 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Biplab Samantray | 14 December 1988 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | List A and Twenty20 Captain |
| Prayash Singh | 2 February 1994 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Soumya Lenka | 18 August 2003 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||
| Aasirwad Swain | 3 March 2005 | Right-hand bat | ||
| Rajesh Dhuper | 2 December 1999 | Right-hand bat | ||
| Sourav Gouda | 21 September 1998 | Right-hand bat | ||
| Spin bowlers | ||||
| Sayed Tugayl Ahmad | 29 October 2007 | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pappu Roy | 23 February 1995 | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||
| Rajesh Mohanty | 20 May 2000 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Badal Biswal | 2 August 2004 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Debabrata Pradhan | 10 October 1996 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Sunil Roul | 14 October 1998 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Vageesh Sharma | 3 October 1998 | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 1 February 2026
Coaches
Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:
- Debashish Mohanty
- Shiv Sunder Das
- Sanjay Raul
- Ranjib Biswal
- Sanjay Kumar Satapathy
- Subit Biswal
- Michael Bevan
- Balvinder Sandhu
- Sourajit Mohapatra
- Abakash Khatua
- Wasim Jaffer
- Dinesh Mongia
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.
