Cuttack: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Sunday announced a 16-member state team to be led Subhranshu Senapati for the 2019-20 Ranji season.
The team has been announced for the two matches, the OCA said in a release.
Odisha will meet Chhattisgarh in the tournament opener on December 9 followed by the Services on December 17, Uttarakhand on December 25, Tripura on January 3, Haryana on January 11, Jammu & Kashmir on January 19, Assam on January 27, Maharashtra on February 4 and Jharkhand on February 12.
Out of nine league matches played last year, Odisha had won four, lost five and drawn two matches and was placed in the fourth position in Group-C with total points of 26.
The team:
Subhranshu Senapati (captain), Biplab Samantray, Govind Podar, Debashis Samantray, Anurag Sarangi, Abhishek Rout, Santanu Mishra, Sandeep Patnaik, Basant Mohanty, Suryakant Pradhan, Rajesh Mohanty, Debabrata Pradhan, Sujit Lenka (wicket keeper), Rajesh Dhuper (wicket keeper), Ankit Yadan and Papu Roy.
