Cuttack: The inaugural Odisha Pro T20 League promises to deliver some breathtaking action, so typical of the game’s shortest format.
Come September 17 (Wednesday), six teams will be battling for the coveted trophy at the iconic Barabati Stadium, with the final scheduled on September 26.
The six teams — Cuttack Panthers, Sambalpur Warriors, Puri Titans, Bhubaneswar Tigers, Keonjhar Miners and Rourkela Steelers – took shape on Friday, when the Player Draft was organised by the Odisha Cricket Association.
Player fees for different categories are as follows:
Marquee – Rs 1,25,000; Category A – Rs 1,00,000; Category B — Rs 75,000; Category C — Rs 50,000; Category D — Rs 40,000.
Check out the 16-member squads of the six teams and decide who to bet for the title:
CUTTACK PANTHERS
Swastik Samal (Captain), Biplab Samantaray, Abhishek Raut, Harshit Rathod, Subham Satrujit, Tapas Kumar Das, Panakala Sasanka, Dinesh Kumar Majhi, Md Sohail Khan, Prashant Rana, Swayam Routray, Raj Yadav, Anurag Mallick, Sibun Nanda, Vagesh Sharma, Abhishek Champati
Head Coach: Pravanjan Mullick. Assistant Coach: Bibhudat Panda.
SAMBALPUR WARRIORS
Subhranshu Senapati (Captain), Prayash Kumar Singh, Shreyansh Bharadwaj, Tarini Sa, Rakesh Pattnaik, Pravin Luha, Ayush K Barik, Vimal Kumar, Sumit Sharma, Swayam Srivastav, Manas Ranjan Patra, Hemant Kumar Rathi, Priyanshu Mohanty, Sarthak S Prakash, Aditya Rout, Rama Chandra Behera.
Head Coach: RR Das. Assistant Coach: Sushil Kumar Mishra.
PURI TITANS
Sandeep Pattnaik (Captain), Rajesh Mohanty, Kartik Biswal, Ashutosh Chhuria, Anurag Sarangi, Sawan Paharia, Sushil Kumar Barik, Udaya Jata, Surya Mohapatra, Shantanu Mishra, Aditya K Jaysingh, Rudra Prasad Mallick, Piyush Ranjan Mantri, Ayush Sutar, Saransh Kumar, Md Danish
Head Coach: Saurabh Sehgal. Assistant Coach: Deepak Mangaraj.
BHUBANESWAR TIGERS
Suryakant Pradhan (Captain), Rajesh Dhupar, Gourav Choudhry, Debabrata Pradhan, Badal Biswal, Aryashree D Bhatta, Satyakam Bharadwaj, Bivash Shaw, Sambit Kumar Beja, Subham Priyadarshi, Ansuman Bej, Prayan Prantik Samal, Abhineet K Pattnaik, Swagat S Mishra, Bikram Samal, Md Azharuddin.
Head Coach: Preetamjeet Das. Asst Coach: KV Prasad
KEONJHAR MINERS
Govinda Poddar (Captain), Abhishek Yadav, Om T Munde, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Anil Parida, Sujal Singh, Sayed Tuffel Ahmed, Debabrata Pradhan Jr, Soubhagya Ojha, Abhishek Singh, Panakala Mokshit, Sreeraj Pattnaik, Biswa Baibhab Muduli, Biswa Bhusan Bihari, Soumya Ranjan Lenka, Papu Roy.
Head Coach: Sanjay Satapathy. Asst Coach: Shovan Deb.
ROURKELA STEELERS
Aashirbad Swain (Captain), Sambit S Barala, Saideep Mohapatra, Pradeep Pradhan, Jamela Mohapatra, Ashutosh Marandi, Binayak Sahoo, Shovandeb Behera, Sambit Kumar Sahoo, Milan Samal, Swoop Samit Bhuyan, Biswajit Pradhan, Priya Ranjan Muduli, Akash Mohapatra, Amin Iqbal Khan, Saswat Mohanty.
Head Coach: Subit Biswal. Asst Coach: Prabhat Kumar Nayak.
