Bhubaneswar: Sambit Beja will lead the Odisha U-19 men’s team in the BCCI-organised Vinoo Mankad Trophy one-day meet to be held in Jaipur.
The 17-member squad, announced on Monday by OCA’s Junior Men’s Selection Committee member Subhrajit Sahoo and Head coach Pravanjan Mullick, will open their campaign against Mizoram on October 4.
Odisha will also play Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir.
ODISHA SQUAD
Shreyansh Bhardwaj, Sambit Beja (Captain), Hemanth Rathi, Sayed T Ahmad, Panakala Mokshit (WK), Akash Mohapatra (WK), Ayush Chand, Soubhagya Ojha, Abhineet Patnaik, Ayush Sutar, Panakala Sasanka, Rudra Prasad Mallick, Udit Narayan Jata, Sreeraj Pattnaik, Krishna Mohanty, Arnab Patnaik, Rohit Pradhan.
ODISHA’S FIXTURES
Oct 4 — Odisha vs Mizoram (Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur)
Oct 6 — Odisha vs Punjab (KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur)
Oct 8 — Odisha vs Tamil Nadu (Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, Jaipur)
Oct 10 — Odisha vs Tripura (KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur)
Oct 12 — Odisha vs J & K (Dr Soni Stadium, Jaipur).