Odisha Cricket Association today announced a 15-member state under-19 team for their Cooch Behar Trophy Group-A opening league match against Saurashtra to be played at Ravenshaw University Ground, Cuttack from November 5 to 8, 2017.

Swastik Samal will lead the team with Kshyama Sagar Ball as his deputy. Group-A has been formed with seven teams. Other five teams in the group are: Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. Group league will be followed by quarterfinals from January 11 to 14, semifinals from January 19-22 and final from Jan 28-30, 2018.

ODISHA STATE U-19 TEAM: Raghunath Malla, Swastik Samal (Captain), Aakash Nayak, Kshama Sagar Bal (Vice-captain), Partha Sarathi Nayak, Kunal Mallick (WK), Manas Nayak (WK), Somen Chand, Ayashkant Sahu, Umesh Yadav, Rajesh Mohanty, Sibashish Sahoo, Krishna Palei, Satyakam Bharadwaj, Ankitkar Jaiswal.
Support Staff: Anjan Kumar Khuntia (Manager); Saurabh Sehgal (Coach), Somu Mallick (Physio), Jagat Ranjan Das (Trainer).