Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) senior selection committee on Thursday announced a 16-member State team. The team would participate in the KSCA Dr Capt K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament. Biplab Samantray would led the team as captain.
Odisha placed in the zone-A group along with Assam, Himachal Pradesh and KSCA. In the inaugural match Odisha would meet Assam from July 22 to 25. In other two league matches, Odisha would meet KSCA and Himachal Pradesh from July 27 to 30 and August 2 to 5 respectively. Team: Girija Prasana Rout, Rajesh Dhupar, Shesdeep Patra, Biplab Samantray (Captain), Govind Poddar (Vice-captain), Abhilash Mallick, Anurag Sarangee, Prateek Das, Ansuman Gope (wicketkeeper), Basanta Mohanty, Suryakanta Pradhan, Asutosh Das, Alok Chandra Sahoo, Jayanta Behera, Aravind K Singh, Paresh Patel, Support staff; Subhasis Bhuyan (manager), Debasis Mohanty (coach), Subhakant Sahoo (physio), Manoj Biswal (trainer).