The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Odisha. It is in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy.
Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium and KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar, and Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur. The Odisha cricket team is selected and governed by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).
History Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to Bihar by 356 runs. Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated Assam by an innings and 139 runs. They played only against other East Zone teams (Bihar, Assam and Bengal) until 1983–84, when they progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals for the first time.
Odisha's best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in the 2000–01 season, when they made their only semi-final appearance till date. The match was drawn but Baroda won on first innings.
The team's recent best performance in the Ranji Trophy was managing to advance to the quarter-final stage in both the 2016–17 and 2019–20 seasons. They lost there to the eventual champions Gujarat and Bengal respectively, under the captaincy of Govinda Poddar in 2016–17 and Subhranshu Senapati 2019–20.
Competitive record At the completion of the 2022–23 season, Odisha had played 325 Ranji Trophy matches. They had won 74, lost 115 and drawn 136 matches with 1 match abandoned.
Past and present players
Players capped for Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:
Prominent players at the domestic level:
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style NotesBatsmen Swastik Samal Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break Subhranshu Senapati Right-hand bat Right-arm medium First-class Captain Sandeep Pattnaik Right-hand bat Right-arm off break Gourav Choudhury Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Om Munde Right-hand bat Right-arm leg break Anil Parida Right-hand bat Subham Satrujit Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Aditya Rout Right-hand bat Right-arm medium All-rounders Sambit Baral Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Govinda Poddar Right-hand bat Right-arm off break Biplab Samantray Right-hand bat Right-arm medium List A and Twenty20 Captain Prayash Singh Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Soumya Lenka Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Wicketkeepers Aasirwad Swain Right-hand bat Rajesh Dhuper Right-hand bat Sourav Gouda Right-hand bat Spin bowlers Sayed Tugayl Ahmad Right-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox Pappu Roy Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox Pace bowlers Rajesh Mohanty Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Badal Biswal Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Debabrata Pradhan Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Sunil Roul Right-hand bat Right-arm medium Vageesh Sharma Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Updated as on 1 February 2026
Coaches Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below: Debashish Mohanty Shiv Sunder Das Sanjay Raul Ranjib Biswal Sanjay Kumar Satapathy Subit Biswal Michael Bevan Balvinder Sandhu Sourajit Mohapatra Abakash Khatua Wasim Jaffer Dinesh Mongia
Records For more details on this topic, see List of Odisha first-class cricket records, List of Odisha List A cricket records, List of Odisha Twenty20 cricket records.
References
External links Odisha Cricket Association website Odisha at CricketArchive