# 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 at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium and KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar, and Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur. The Odisha cricket team is selected and governed by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).

## History

Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to Bihar by 356 runs. Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated Assam by an innings and 139 runs. 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.
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.
The team's recent best performance in the Ranji Trophy was managing to advance to the quarter-final stage in both the 2016–17 and 2019–20 seasons. 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.

## Competitive record

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.

## Past and present players

Players capped for Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:
* Debashish Mohanty (1997)
* Sanjay Raul (1998)
* Shiv Sunder Das (2000)
* Anshuman Rath (2014) (International caps for Hong Kong)
Prominent players at the domestic level:
* Rashmi Parida
* Pravanjan Mullick
* Ranjib Biswal
* Chiranjib Biswal
* Basant Mohanty
* Rakesh Mohanty
* Halhadar Das
* Biplab Samantray
* Govinda Poddar
* Natraj Behera
* Abhishek Raut
* Subhranshu Senapati

## Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||
| Sandeep Pattnaik | (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | First-class & List A Captain |
| Kartik Biswal | (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 27) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Swastik Samal | (2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 24) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| Gourav Choudhury | (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Shantanu Mishra | (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 30) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| Anurag Sarangi | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) | Left-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Rakesh Pattnaik | (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Govinda Poddar | (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 33) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off break | Twenty20 Captain |
| Abhishek Raut | (1987-03-03) 3 March 1987 (age 38) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg break | |
| Biplab Samantray | (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 36) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Prayash Singh | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Abhishek Yadav | (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 29) | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Sambit Baral | (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 22) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicketkeepers |||||
| Aasirwad Swain | (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 20) | Right-hand bat | | |
| Rajesh Dhuper | (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 25) | Right-hand bat | | |
| Spin bowlers |||||
| Sumit Sharma | (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 29) | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jamala Mohapatra | (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 34) | Right-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace bowlers |||||
| Rajesh Mohanty | (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Debabrata Pradhan | (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Sunil Roul | (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Tapas Das | (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Suryakant Pradhan | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Tarani Sa | (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 28) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Prayash Singh | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
| Pradeep Pradhan | (1994-06-30) 30 June 1994 (age 30) | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 30 January 2025

## Coaches

Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:
* Debashish Mohanty
* Shiv Sunder Das
* Sanjay Raul
* Ranjib Biswal
* Sanjay Kumar Satapathy
* Subit Biswal
* Michael Bevan
* Balvinder Sandhu
* Sourajit Mohapatra
* Abakash Khatua
* Wasim Jaffer
* Dinesh Mongia

## Records

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.