CK Nayudu Trophy: Rajesh Mohanty To Lead Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Medium-pacer Rajesh Mohanty will lead the Odisha under-25 team in the upcoming Col CK Nayudu Trophy meet.

The senior selection committee of Odisha Cricket Association on Sunday announced a 22-member squad which will play in Elite Group C at Trivandrum. The other teams in the group are Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Hyderabad.

The entire squad will travel to Trivandrum on March 17 for a three-day quarantine as per BCCI’s COVID-19 protocol, followed by two days of practice.

Odisha will begin their campaign against Jharkhand on March 22.

ODISHA SQUAD

Rajesh Mohanty (captain), Gaurav Choudhary, Maroju Prashanth, Roshan Prasad, Debashis Samantray, Kartik Biswal, Anil Parida, Subham Satrujit, Subhankar Biswas, Aashirwad Swain (WK), Krushna Chandra Barik (WK), Sourav Kumar Gouda, Krishna Pallei, Satyakam Bharadwaj, Rajkishan Patel, Saurabh Kanojia, Tarani Sa, Prasanta Rana, Tapas Kumar Das, Sunil Kumar Roul, Sushil Kumar Barik, Sukesh Heera.

Lead coach: R Srikant; Batting coach: Natraj Behera; Bowling coach: Rakesh Mohanty; Manager: Satvir Singh Riar.

ODISHA’S FIXTURES

* March 22-25 — Odisha vs Jharkhand

* March 29-April 1 – Odisha vs MP

* April 5-8 – Odisha vs Hyderabad.