Now, Biplab Samantare will lead Odisha in the Vijay Hazare Trophy; check fixtures
Bhubaneswar: It was Govinda Poddar who led Odisha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) last month.
Now, it is the turn of another senior pro Biplab Samantrai in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy (50 overs) competition.
Odisha senior men’s selection committee chairman Amiya Ray and head coach Dinesh Mongia announced the 16-member squad that will travel to Bengaluru for the Group A matches.
Poddar and Ranji Trophy captain Subhranshu Senapati are also part of the squad.
Last year, neither Biplab nor Govinda were part of Odisha’s initial Vihay Hazare Trophy squad, but both were called up midway through their campaign to lift the team’s performance. However, Odisha failed to qualify for the Knockouts.
Odisha will start their campaign with a match against Tripura on November 23 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Odisha squad
Biplab Samantarai (captain), Sandeep Patnaik, Prabin Luha (wicketkeeper), Anurag Sarangi, Prayash Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tarani Sa, Abhishek Raut, Harshit Rathod, Shantanu Mishra, Rajesh Mohanty, Govinda Poddar, Debabrata Pradhan, Abhishek Yadav, Kartik Biswal. , Debendra Kunwar, Rakesh Patnaik, Rajesh Dhupar (WK).
Odisha schedule
- vs Tripura – 23 November (Chinnaswamy Stadium)
- vs Railways – 25 November (Aloor Cricket Stadium II)
- vs Kerala – 27 November (Aloor Cricket Stadium II)
- vs Saurashtra – 29 November (Chinnaswamy Stadium)
- vs Pondicherry – 1 December (Aloor Cricket Stadium I)
- vs Sikkim – 3 December (Aloor Cricket Stadium I)
- vs Mumbai – 5 December (Aloor Cricket Stadium III).
