BCCI Women’s T20 Trophy: Madhusmita Behera To Lead Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Madhusmita Behera was on Monday named captain of the Odisha women’s cricket team which will take part in the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Trophy tournament to be held at Trivandrum from April 18 to May 4.

Odisha women have been placed in Elite Group B along with Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu.

The Odisha contingent will travel to Trivandrum on April 15 and practise for two days before opening their campaign against Chhattisgarh on April 18.

ODISHA SQUAD

Madhusmita Behera (Captain), Kajal Jena, Sarita Meher, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Pragyan P Mohanty (WK), Tanmayee Behera, Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Madhuri Meheta, Poonam Nayak, Monalisha Rout (WK), Rameswari Naik, Sujata Mallick, Taranna Pradhan, Banalata Mallick, Priyanka Sahoo, Rasanara Parwin, Laxmipriya Naik, Sunita Murmu, Sarojini Giri, Silpa Swain.

On standby: Rasmita Chinhara, Rajashree Swain, Kuni Badara, Anjali Singh, Subhalaxmi Rout (WK).

Coaching & supporting staff: Suresh Kumar (head coach), Bikash Swaroop Pati (coach), Amrita Tripathy (physiotherapist), Sweta Samantray (fitness trainer), Gayatree Behera (technical analyst).

ODISHA’S FIXTURES

April 18 — Vs Chhattisgarh

April 19 – Vs Bihar

April 21 — Vs Tripura

April 22— Vs Jharkhand

April 24 — Vs Tamil Nadu.