| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Shantanu Mishra (FC) Biplab Samantray (LA) Govinda Poddar (T20) |
| Coach | Dinesh Mongia[1] |
| Owner | Odisha Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Home ground | Barabati Stadium |
| Capacity | 48,000 |
| Secondary home ground(s) | 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 |
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 StadiuminCuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS GroundinCuttack, East Coast Railway StadiuminBhubaneswar, Veer Surendra Sai StadiuminSambalpur, KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar and other grounds. The Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).
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]
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]
Players capped for Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:
Prominent players at the domestic level:
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||
| Subhranshu Senapati | (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 27) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Shantanu Mishra | (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | First Class Captain |
| 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 26) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Rakesh Pattnaik | (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 31) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Swastik Samal | (2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 23) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Govinda Poddar | (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 32) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | 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 bowler | ||||
| Harshit Rathod | (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 25) | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||
| Debabrata Pradhan | (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 27) | 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 25) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Tarani Sa | (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 27) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Suryakant Pradhan | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 30) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 19 February 2024
Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:
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.
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