The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic

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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 Sc ...

. It is in the elite group of the

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. Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literall ...

. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in

, East Coast Railway Stadium in

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango tr ...

, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur, KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar and other grounds. 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

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respectively.Under the captaincy of

Govinda Poddar Govinda Bhaktiranjan Poddar (born 9 September 1991) is an Indian cricketer. Poddar is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm off break. He has played first-class and List A cricket for Odisha, East Zone and India A. Govinda Poddar is ...

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Subhranshu Senapati Subhranshu Senapati (born 30 December 1996) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Odisha in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2016. He made his Twenty20 debut for Odisha in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournamen ...

2019-20. The Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The OCA organises the Odisha Premier League every year to promote cricket and search for local talent throughout the state.

History

Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to

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by 356 runs. Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated

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by an innings. They played only against other East Zone teams (Bihar, Assam and

) until 1983–84, when they progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals for the first time. At the completion of the 2017–18 season, Odisha had played 296 Ranji Trophy matches. They had won 64, lost 106 and drawn 126.

Past and present players

Players from Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut: * Debashish Mohanty (1997) * Sanjay Raul (1998) *

Shiv Sunder Das Shiv Sunder Das (born 5 November 1977) is an Indian cricketer and 3rd player from Odisha to represent India. He is a right-handed opening batsman. In first-class cricket he played for Odisha. Das was selected in 2000 for the first intake of th ...

(2000) * Anshuman Rath (2014) (Played International Cricket for

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) Prominent players at the domestic level: * Rashmi Parida *

Pravanjan Mullick Pravanjan Madhabnanda Mullick (born 12 September 1976 in Bhubaneswar), is an Indian first class cricketer for Odisha. A right-handed batsman, he captained the side, and has made over 5,000 runs at an average of above 50. He has twice scored a ...

* Ranjib Biswal * Basant Mohanty *

Biplab Samantray Biplab Samantray (born 14 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed bowler and middle order batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Odisha in Ranji Trophy. He played and captained Katak Barabati Tigers in Odisha Premier ...

* Natraj Behera

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in ''bold''. ''Updated as on 27 December 2022''

Coaches

Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below: * Debashish Mohanty *

* Sanjay Raul * Ranjib Biswal * Sanjay Kumar Satapathy * Subit Biswal * Michael Bevan * Balvinder Sandhu *

Sourajit Mohapatra Sourajit Mohapatra (born 7 September 1968) is a first-class cricketer who played for Orissa in the Ranji Trophy. He was born in Cuttack, Orissa, India. Mani is a left-hand batsman and right-arm medium bowler. He took a hat-trick in the 1987-8 ...

* Abakash Khatua * Wasim Jaffer

Records

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List of Odisha first-class cricket records This is a List of Odisha first-class cricket records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. Currently active players are bolded. Team records Highest innings totals Lowest innings totals Largest margin of in ...

List of Odisha List A cricket records This is a list of Odisha List A cricket records, with each list containing the top five performances in the category. Currently active players are bolded. Team records Highest innings totals Lowest innings totals Largest Margin of Runs Vi ...

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References

External links

Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
Indian first-class cricket teams Cricket in Odisha 1930 establishments in India Cricket clubs established in 1930 {{India-cricket-team-stub