Women’s Cricket: Madhusmita, Subhra To Lead Odisha Senior & U-19 Teams

Bhubaneswar: Madhusmita Behera will lead the Odisha women’s cricket team in BCCI senior women’s tournaments which are likely to be held in September and October.

Subhra N Swain was named skipper of the under-19 squad.

OCA on Monday announced 18-member senior and 20-member U-19 squads, which were selected based on performance in trials matches. The Senior and U-19 trials concluded on August 19 and 27, respectively.

Following are the women’s squads:

ODISHA SENIOR TEAM

Madhusmita Behera (captain), Madhuri Mehta (vice-captain), Sarita Meher, Kajal Jena, Sunita Murmu, Priyanka Sahoo, Pragyan Paramita Mohanty (WK), Sushree Dibyadarshini, Rasnara Parwin, Rajashree Swain, Luisa Das, Sonali Hemram, Rashmita Chinara (WK), Shilpa Swain (WK), Sujata Mallick, Rameswari Nayak, Banalata Mallick, Tarana Pradhan.

Standby players: Subhra N Swain, Tanmayee Behera, Anjali Singh, Indrani Chhatria, Sangeeta Khadia, Laxmipriya Nayak, Rajeshwari Jena (WK).

Head coach: Suresh Kumar; Batting coach: Bikash Swaroop Pati; Physiotherapist: Amrita Tripathy; Fitness trainer: Sweta Samantray.

ODISHA UNDER-19 TEAM

Subhra N Swain (captain), GM Alakananda (vice-captain), Joyce Nayak (WK), Dipti Bhengra (WK), Roshni Bhagarty, Tanwi Ranjhna, Pujarani Das, Tanmayee Behera, Suchismita Panda, Alipsa Biswal, Ankita Giri, Puja Yadav, Bhabani Dhada, Jyoti K Prasad, SB Lorence, Rani Prasad, Suryasnada Swain, Soni Prasad, Malati Murmu, 20. Meghna Padhy

Standby players: Kalnsi Dhritya, Smrutirekha Mahanta, Mitali Sharma, Ananya Mishra, Preeti Priyadarshini.

Head coach: Kadambini Mohakud; Assistant coach: Gangotri Behera; Physiotherapist: Neha Nafisa Sabnam.