Rajesh to lead Odisha in CK Nayudu Trophy

The senior selection committee has picked a 22-member Odisha squad for the upcoming Col CK Nayudu Trophy, to be held at Trivandrum from March 17 to May 1.

Odisha have been placed in Elite-C Group and will be led by Rajesh Mohanty.

The Odisha U-25 men’s team will travel to Trivandrum on March 17 and will undergo three days of mandatory quarantine as per BCCI’s Covid-19 protocol and then two days of practice before opening their campaign against Jharkhand on March 22.

R. Srikant (director operations) has been deputed as the lead coach of the team and he will be accompanied by Natraj Behera as the batting coach and
Rakesh Mohanty as the bowling coach, while Satvir Singh Riar will accompany the team as the team manager.

Squad:

Rajesh Mohanty (capt), Gaurav Choudhary, Maroju Prasanth, Roshan Prasad, Debashis Samantray, Kartik Biswal, Anil Parida, Subham Satrujit, Subhankar Biswas, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Krushna Chandra Barik (wk), Sourav Kumar Gouda, Krishna Pallei, Satyakam Bharadwaj, Rajkishan Patel, Saurabh Kanojia, Tarania SA, Prasanta Rana, Tapas Kumar Das, Sunil Kumar Roul, Sushil Kumar Barik, Sukesh Heera.

Schedule:

Odisha vs Jharkhand, March 22
Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh, April 29
Odisha vs Hyderabad, April 5