Bhubaneswar: Shreyansh Bhardwaj will lead the Odisha U-19 team in the Cooch Behar Trophy four-day format tournament.
Natraj Behera, chairman of Odisha Cricket Association’s junior men’s selection committee, and head coach Pravanjan Mullick on Sunday announced an 18-member squad for the first two matches.
Odisha will travel to Delhi for their opener, from November 6 to 9, followed by a home match against Meghalaya.
The other teams in Odisha’s group are Baroda, Karnataka and Chandigarh.
ODISHA SQUAD
Shreyansh Bhardwaj (Captain), Ayush Suttar, Prayan Prantik Samal, Sreeyanshu Pattnaik, Sambit Kumar Beja, Biswajit Pradhan, Panakala Mokshit (WK), Anurag Mallick, Piyush Panigrahi, Piyush Mantri, Syed Tufayl Ahmad, Soubhagya Ojha, Abhishek Singh, Priyansu Mohanty, Sibun Nanda, Krishna Mohanty, Rudra Prasad Mallick, Sarthak Swayam Prakash.
ODISHA’S FIXTURES
Nov. 6 to 9: Delhi vs Odisha (St Stephen’s ground, New Delhi)
Nov. 13 to 16: Odisha vs Meghalaya (Vikash ground, Bargarh)
Nov. 20 to 23: Odisha vs Baroda (Gandhi Stadium, Balangir)
Nov. 28 to Dec. 1: Karnataka vs Odisha (SDNRW Ground, Mysore)
Dec. 6 to 9: Odisha vs Chandigarh (Veer Surendra Sai Stadium, Sambalpur).