Natraj Bhuban Behera (born 28 May 1988) was the captain of

Odisha cricket team 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 Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played ...

. Under his able leadership

East Zone The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter Zonal. It is a composite team of five first-class Indian teams from eastern India competing in the Ranj ...

won its first

Duleep Trophy The Duleep Trophy, also known as Mastercard Duleep trophy due to sponsorship reasons, is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. Named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition wa ...

championship of 2011-12 defeating

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. Next year East Zone repeated the same by winning the Duleep Trophy for the second time in a row by defeating West Zone. He was the captain of Western Samurais Rourkela in OPL-1; the team that won the inaugural edition and he led Baitarani side in OPL-2 played in 2013.

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