As many as 25 boys, including five from Odisha, have been selected to join the U-19 zonal camp for East Zone, scheduled to be conducted at JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi (Jharkhand) from May 1 to 25, 2017, under the aegis of National Cricket Academy (NCA), BCCI.

The five Odisha boys are: SwastikSamal, Raghunath Malla, Akash Nayak, Umesh Yadav and Krishna Palai. The players are supposed to report to the coach at the Zonal camp on April 30, 2017. Players are entitled to get AC two-tier fare/AC or luxury bus fare as applicable from home station to the camp venue and back, fee boarding/lodging and DA at the rate of Rs 500 per day while undergoing training. Players will also be issued with adequate clothing for training purpose and need to bring personal cricket equipment.

The list of players was finalised in the in the selection committee meeting, convened by Jharkhand State Cricket Association secretary Debasish Chakraborty at Ranchi today. Rashmi Ranjan Parida (Odisha), Uday Bhanu Banerjee (Bengal), Manish Vardhan (Jharkhand), Subhrajit Saikia (Assam) and Gourapada Banik (Tripura) attended the meeting as selection committee members.

LIST OF PLAYERS FOR ZONAL CAMP:
From Odisha: SwastikSamal (Opening batsman), Raghunath Malla (Opening batsman), Akash Nayak (Batsman), Umesh Yadav (Medium-pacer), Krishna Palai (Left-arm spinner).
From Bengal: Sudip Gharami (Opening batsman), Arif Ansari (Wicket-keeper), Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (Medium-pacer), Donil Dutta (Medium-pacer), Akash Pandey (Left-arm spinner).
From Jharkhand: Atul Singh Surwar (Batsman), Rahil Riaz Khan (Opening batsman), Shresth Sagar (Wicket-keeper), Shubham Kumar Singh (Medium-pacer), Balkrishna Sharma (Medium-pacer).
From Assam: Erik Roy (Batsman), Abhishek Thakuri (Batsman), Muqhtar Hussain (Medium-pacer), Jitumoni Kalita (Right-arm leg-spinner), Hrishikesh Bora (Left-arm spinner).
From Tripura: Bikram Kumar Das (Opening batsman), Babul Dey (Batsman), Sharukh Hossain (Medium-pacer), Kajal Sutradhar (Medium-pacer), Shankar Paul (Off-spinner).