Shresth Singh to lead Odisha in Cooch Behar Trophy

Led by Shresth Singh, the selectors have picked a 22-member Odisha U-19 men’s squad for the upcoming Cooch Behar Trophy, to be played from 29 November to 30 December.

Odisha have been placed in the Elite-A group along with Vidarbha, Assam, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

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The team will leave for the tournament of 21 November followed by a quarantine from 22 November to 26 November, as part of BCCI’s Covid-19 protocol. The players have been scheduled for practice sessions on November 28 and November 29.

Elite-A schedule for Cooch Behar Trophy:

Odisha vs Vidarbha (29 Nov to 2 Dec)
Odisha vs Assam (6 Nov to 9 Dec)
Odisha vs Punjab (13 Dec to 16 Dec)
Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh (20 Dec to 23 Dec)
Odisha vs Jharkhand (27 Dec to 30 Dec)

Squad: Shresth Singh (capt), Saransh Kumar (wk), Aashirwad Swain (wk), Dinesh Kumar Majhi (wk), Md. Sohail Khan, Anshuman Sahoo, Saideep Mohapatra, Sai Subham, Surya Mohapatra, Sambit Baral, Biswa B Muduli, Sudarshan Swain, Ashutosh Chhuria, Niranjan Gouda, Aditya K Jaisingh, Rakesh Sahoo, Shubham K Singh, Goutam Suna, Sushil Kumar Barik, Ritesh Priyaranjan, Ansuman Bej, Sahil Prasad.