Odisha Cricket Association hosted a cricket kit distribution ceremony in association with Shyam Bhatia’s “Cricket for Care” and Shree Jagannath Steels & Powers Ltd. at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. The “Cricket for Care” is a charitable organisation which has been donating cricket kits in many countries. They have already taken up this activity incountries such as…
A T20 Cricket League will be held for both men and women, it was decided at Odisha Cricket Association’s (OCA) apex council meeting on Saturday. Starting this year, OCA will institute a “Lifetime Achievement” award, wherein the awardee will receive Rs 5 lakh. For this year, the award will be given to Prashant Mohapatra. Pankaj…
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) will be hosting Elite-B group matches of Ranji Trophy 2021-22 from 10 February to 6 March at two different venues. The matches will be played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Vikash Cricket Ground in Bhubaneswar. For the successful organisation of the tournament, OCA have made all necessary arrangements as per…
The 2022 Ranji Trophy will be played over two phases between February 10 and June 26. The first phase of the tournament, which will be the league stage will feature 38 teams and 57 matches to be played in nine venues across India. The first phase will be held between February 10 and March 15….
Arun Nayak, a former cricketer who played for Odisha at junior level passed away on Friday at the age of 43 after prolonged illness. He was being treated at Sum Hospital in Bhubaneswar. Nayak had represented Odisha in various age groups at the junior level (U-16 & U-19) and played in the State U-22 team….
A senior umpire in the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) panel passed away on Jan 17 in Bargarh, aged 52. Wilson Singh represented Bargarh district from 1994 till 2005 in Kalahandi Cup. He also played for Sambalpur University in 1998. OCA office bearers and members of the association extended condolences to Singh’s family members.
Ashok Mahapatra, an umpire in the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) panel passed away aged 49. A lawyer by profession, he had been active as an umpire in the cricket circuit. He passed away in the evening of January 12 while being treated at MKCG Hospital in Berhampur. Office bearers and members of OCA expressed their…
Bidyadhar Behera scored 182 as BBSR-A defeated Angul by a huge margin of 228 runs in the OCA Junior Boys (U-16) Inter-District Cricket tournament, played at SCB Medical Ground on Tuesday. In a low-scoring match at Nimpur Ground, Rourkela beat BBSR-B by 22 runs. SK M. Naqueeb starred by picking seven wickets in two innings….
Ashish Kumar Mallick scored 97 off 104 balls as Rourkela put up 347 for 7 in their first innings against Rest of Odisha-1 at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack on Friday. Along with skipper Mallick, a fine unbeaten 72 was scored by Abhisek Mohanty with Adarsh Raiguru also scoring a fifty in the ongoing two-day format…
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Wednesday unveiled new jersey for the Odisha state teams. MGM Minerals Limited will be the official apparel partner along with being the official sponsor of the state teams for the 2021-22 season. Pankaj Lochan Mohanty (president, OCA), Sanjay Behera (secretary, OCA), Bikash Pradhan (treasurer, OCA), Subrat Kumar Behera (CEO, OCA),…
