A day after Debashish Mohanty was appointed as a member of India U-19, the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Saturday appointed Rashmi Ranjan Parida as head coach of the State cricket team for 2018-19 Ranji season.
Prior to this, Rashmi served as a selector in the State senior cricket team. Kulamani Parida has been appointed as the selector of the senior team. Earlier, the right hand batsman Rashmi had been appointed as batting coach of the State Ranji team for the 2015-16 season. Rashmi, who made his debut as a cricketer in 1994-95, has also played for Assam, Rajasthan, Vidarbha and Himachal between 2008 and 2015. He had played an instrumental role in back-to-back Ranji Trophy triumph for Rajasthan.