Niranjan Behera (born 2 May 1984) is an Indian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who plays for
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
.
Early life
Behera was born in 1984 in Cuttack of Odisha to Jayaram Behera and Manorama Behera. He has been married to a girl named Swagatika. He took admission to learn basics at a private cricket club based in Cuttack.
Career
Behera started his cricketing career as an Allrounder playing
List-A cricket in
1999-00 Vijay Hajare Trophy for
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 ...
. He made his debut in the
2002–03 Ranji Trophy
The 2002–03 Ranji Trophy was the 69th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu by 141 runs in the final.
Format
The major change in the format of the tournament was the introduction of the Elite and Plate divisions. The 15 tea ...
for Odisha. He last played for Odisha against
Gujarat cricket team
The Gujarat cricket team is one of three first-class cricket teams representing the state of Gujarat (the other two being the Baroda cricket team and Saurashtra cricket team).
Led by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat won their maiden Ranji Trophy title in ...
in the
2013-14 Ranji Trophy Season. Behera was selected to coach the U-19 Odisha cricket team in 2018.
References
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1984 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Odisha cricketers
People from Cuttack
Cricketers from Odisha
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