Natraj Behera

Owners of different teams for Orissa Premier League are going the whole hog to showcase their team and boost the morale of the players. Road shows and inclusion of brand ambassadors are to name a few. More so, after the tourney started at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Sunday.

Odisha put up an all-round show to post a comfortable six-wicket win over Tripura in a low-scoring affair in the East Zone league match for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

A determined display by the Odisha batsmen kept Tamil Nadu bowlers at bay as the host finished at 286 for 4 at the end of the third day's play in the Ranji Trophy Group C match on Saturday.

Harbhajan Singh will get a shot at redemption while leading a 15-member Rest of India squad as they take on Ranji champions Karnataka in the Irani Cup.

Odisha dented Tamil Nadu's hopes by making 533 for 9 to secure the first innings lead on the final day of the crucial Ranji Trophy Group C match on Sunday riding on a determined performance by its batsmen led by Rajesh Dhupar, who scored 97.

Right hand batsman Natraj Behera will lead a 15-member Odisha team in the league stages of the Ranji Trophy tournament to start on November 2 at Cuttack, announced Odisha Cricket Association Asirbad Behera on Monday.

Former champions Bengal will take on Assam, while Odisha will face Tripura to begin the East Zone leg of T20 tourney for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday.

The Orissa Cricket Association on Wednesday announced it would send a team of 21 players to Australia for an exposure trip.

Former India opener Shiv Sundar Das will lead Orissa in the Moin Ud Dowlah Gold Cup Cricket Tournament to be held in Hyderabad from September 10-23.

Former India opener Shiv Sundar Das, besides Pravanjan Mallick and Basanta Mohanty, have been dropped from the 18-member Orissa team for the inter-state One-day zonal league (East Zone) at Cuttack.

The senior offspinner, who has been ignored from the Indian team of late, has been named the captain of Rest of India that will play Karnataka in the Irani Trophy match starting on February 9.

Bowling Is Our Strength, Says Odisha Batting Coach Das

Siddhesh Lad's strokeful 117 and the bowlers' fine performance put Mumbai in the driver's seat against Odisha at the end of the third day in a Ranji Trophy Group C match with the hosts struggling at 93 for 4 in pursuit of 413 for victory.

They have earned a place in Group B with a sixth-place finish in Group A of Ranji Trophy last season and are riding high on their performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy this time, where they lost to giants Punjab in the semifinal. But Odisha know four-day cricket is a different ball game and they need to punch above their weight in Group A

Riding on centuries by Baba Aparajith and all-rounder Vijay Shankar, Tamil Nadu piled up 530 for 8 and declared their first innings against Odisha on the second day of their Group 'C' Ranji Trophy cricket match on Friday.

Disciplined bowling by Basant Mohanty and Paresh Patel helped Odisha register a four-run win over Jharkhand in a thrilling East Zone league match for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Pradhan leads pacer trio’s attack in Lahli as Haryana out for 127

Mumbai gained the upper-hand against Odisha on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group C match here on Thursday, dismissing Odisha for 145, thereby gaining a 144 run first innings lead.

Captain scores unbeaten 90 to help Odisha reach 143 for 5 at the end of Day III in their Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat

Kulkarni drew first blood when he had opener Sandeep Pattanaik edging one to Suryakumar Yadav in the slips. Thakur then struck with the very first delivery to have opener Natraj Behera caught by Akhil Herwadkar in slips.