Odisha Cricket Association has appointed former India Test opener Shiv Sundar Das as the coach of the state Ranji team, in place of former India swing bowler Debasis Mohanty for the season 2017-18. The decision to appoint Das along with coaches of five other state teams, selectors and support staff was taken in the meeting of the OCA Working Committee, held at Cuttack yesterday.
Decision was also taken to conduct the trial/selection camp for formation of state senior (Ranji and U-23) and U-19 teams at Cuttack from September 1, 2017. Working Committee Chairman Dhiren Pallai presided over the meeting, in the presences of all four members (Janardan Das, Rabi Sankar Pratihari, Dulal Chandra Pradhan and Saroj Kumar Sahoo).
COACHES: Shiv Sundar Das (Ranji), Suresh Kumar (U-23), Kulamani Parida (U-19), Subrat Behera (U-16), Rashmita Mohanty (Senior & U-23 women), Itishree Pattnaik (U-19 women).
SELECTION COMMITTEES:
Senior (Senior & U-23): Bishnudev Mohanty (Chairman); Subhasis Bhuyan, Surya Mishra, Abakash Khatua, Dhirendra Kumar Rout (all members); Coaches of Ranji & U-23 teams (Ex-officio members).
Junior (U-19 & U-16): Deepak Mangaraj (Chairman); Subas Mohanty, Sovan Dev, Rakesh Mohanty, JC Routray (all members); Coaches of U-19 & U-16 teams (Ex-officio members).
Women: Bidhan Chandra Rout (Chairman); Ankita Das, Sudhanshubala Sahu, Santosh Das, Arun Naik (all membes); Coaches of Senior, U-23 & U-19 women’s teams (Ex-officio members).
OCA ACADEMY COACHING STAFF: Rashmi Ranjan Parida (Technical Director); Rasmi Ranjan Das (Coach); Kalinga Das, Pravat Nayak (Assistant coaches); Abinash Dash (Physio); Mahesh Malla (Trainer).
TRAINERS: Manoj Biswal (Ranji), Purnendu Jena (U-23), Jagat Ranjan Das (U-19), Surya Ranjan Ray (U-16), Sweta Samantaray (Senior, U-23 & U19 women).
PHYSIOS: Suvakanta Sahoo (Ranji), Biswajit Mohapatra (U-23), Satyajit Das (U-19), Soumya Mallick (U-16), Aparna Mishra (Senior, U-23 & U-19 women).
OTHERS: Pankaj Pattnaik (Curator), Daniel Rout (Coordinator), Anjan Kumar Khuntia (Media Manager).
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PHOTO: File photo of former India Test opener Shiv Sundar Das