Bhubaneswar: Surya Mohapatra will lead the Odisha under-19 team in the all-India Vinoo Mankad Trophy to be played at Mohali from September 28.
Announcing the 22-member squad, which will travel to Mohali on September 20, junior men’s selection committee chairman Amiya Ray and head coach Rashmi Ranjan Parida informed the media on Sunday that the Odisha colts will play three pre-season practice matches. All of them will be against Jharkhand — on September 12, 14 and 16.
In the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Odisha will play against Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
Odisha U-19 squad
Surya Mohapatra (captain), Saideep Mohapatra, Sai Subham, Ritesh Priyaranjan, Ritik Choudhury, Sambit Baral, Saransh Kumar, Md Sohail, Sushil Barik, Sahil Prasad, Subham Singh, Aashirwad Swain (WK & vice-captain), Om Munde, Shresth Singh, Rakesh Sahoo, Vimal Kumar, Dinesh Majhi (WK), Anshuman Sahoo, Ansuman Bej, Niranjan Gouda, Aditya Jaisingh, Rajesh Patra.
Odisha U-19 schedule
Sept 28: Vs Uttar Pradesh; Sept 29: Vs Bihar; Oct 1: Vs Delhi; Oct 2: Vs Chhattisgarh; Oct 4: Vs Andhra Pradesh.
