Odisha Cricket Team 2024
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Team |
Odisha cricket team |
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Founded |
1949 |
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Governed by |
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) |
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Home ground |
Barabati Stadium |
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First-class debut |
against Bihar in 1949 at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur |
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Ranji Trophy title wins |
0 |
The Odisha cricket team represents the state of Odisha in India's domestic circuit. The team is managed by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The Odisha cricket team's main home ground is the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
They also play their home games at the DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur and KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha's journey in first-class cricket began in 1949-50 Ranji Trophy. In their first game, they faced Bihar and suffered a heavy 356-run defeat. The Odisha cricket team registered its first win in Ranji Trophy in 1952-53 season with an innings win over Assam.
Until 1983-84 season, Odisha played only against the other East Zone teams (Bihar, Assam and Bengal) before they made it to the quarterfinals for the very first time.
Their best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in 2000-01 season when they made it to the semifinal for the first and so far only time. In 2016-17 and 2019-20 seasons, Odisha advanced to the quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy.
Some players who represented Odisha and went on to play international cricket are Debashish Mohanty, Sanjay Raul, Shiv Sunder Das and Anshuman Rath (Hong Kong).
Odisha cricket team squad:
Biplab Samantray, Govinda Poddar, Suryakant Pradhan, Anurag Sarangi, Sandeep Pattnaik, Debabrata Pradhan, Rajesh Dhuper, Rajesh Mohanty, Swastik Samal, Shantanu Mishra, Sunil Roul, Tarani Sa, Kartik Biswal, Harshit Rathod, Aasirwad Swain, Sumit Sharma
Odisha Stats
Most Run Scores
2
Matches
153
Runs
2
Matches
90
Runs
2
Matches
71
Runs
Most Wickets Takers
3
Matches
6
Wickets
3
Matches
5
Wickets
2
Matches
2
Wickets
Odisha Players
Rajesh Dhuper
Wicket-Keeper
Aasirwad Swain
Wicket-Keeper
Kartik Biswal
Batter
Sandeep Pattnaik
Batter
Swastik Samal
Batter
Shantanu Mishra
Batter
Sumit Sharma
Batter
Tarani Sa
Batter
Anil Parida
Batter
Anurag Sarangi
Batter
Govinda Poddar
All Rounder
