Saurabh Rawat will lead a 17-member team of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) in the 6th All-India U-19 Invitation Cricket Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy, scheduled to be organised by Punjab Cricket Association at Chandigarh, Mohali and Patiala from August 31 to September 12, 2016.

Raghunath Malla has been named vice-captain of the team which would leave for Punjab on August 29, accompanied by coach-cum-manager Rashmi Ranjan Parida and two support staff.

Altogether eight teams have joined the tournament. Teams have been divided into two pools. Odisha CA has been placed in Pool A with Bengal, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh cricket associations. Pool B has been formed with Vidarbha, Baroda, Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh cricket associations.

Teams will first play pool league matches and the top team from each pool will advance to the final. Odisha CA will play their opening league match against Bengal CA from Aug 31 to Sept 1.

OCA U-19 TEAM: Saurabh Rawat (Captain), Raghunath Malla (Vice-captain), Aakash Nayak, Saswtik Nayak, Pradipta Das, Nishikanta Rout, Anurag Kanojia, Partha Sarathi Nayak, Kahama Sagar Bal, Preet Kanwar Singh Chohan, Sunil Roul, Ayaskanta Sahoo, Umesh Yadav, Soumya Sourav Kumar, Suryakanta Samal, Harshit Rathod, Pratyush Mohapatra. Coach-cum-manager: Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Physio: Somu Mallick, Trainer: Jagat Ranjan Das.

MATCH SCHEDULE OF ODISHA CA TEAM:
Aug 31-Sept 1: Vs Bengal CA, Sector-16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Sept 3-4: Vs Punjab CA, Dhruv Pandove Stadium, Patiala
Sept 6-7: Vs Himachal Pradesh CA, Sector-16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Sept 9-12: FINAL