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Former India swing bowler Debasis Mohanty today made a comeback as the coach of the Odisha Ranji team for the season 2018-19, replacing statemate and former India Test opener Shiv Sundar Das, under whom Odisha put up disappointing performance in the 2017-18 season, finishing sixth among seven teams in Group-C, drawing four matches and losing two.
Incidentally, Das had replaced Mohanty for the season 2017-18, despite the latter guiding Odisha to Ranji Trophy quarterfinals after a gap of 15 years as the coach in the 2016-17 season. Under Mohanty, Odisha finished third among nine teams in Group-B, winning two matches, drawing five and losing one. Das, however, made a comeback as the technical director of OCA Academy, replacing Rashmi Ranjan Parida, who was accommodated in the senior selection committee as member.
Odisha Cricket Association, which is now managed by a five-member Working Committee with Dhiren Pallai as chairman, announced the names of coaches, selectors, trainers and physios of all the state teams along with the staff of OCA Coaching Academy for the season 2018-19.
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Effecting two other major changes, OCA appointed former Odisha captain Niranjan Behera and lesser-known K V Prasad as coach of the state under-19 and under-16 teams respectively. Behera replaced Kulamani Parida, while Prasad, who hails from Bhadrak, the home district of Dhiren Pallai, came in place of Subrat Behera. Following is the list of coaches, selectors, trainers, physios and OCA Academy staff.
COACHES: Debasis Mohanty (Ranji), Suresh Kumar (U-23), Niranjan Behera (U-19), KV Prasad (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, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Rakesh Mohanty (all members); Coaches of Ranji & U-23 teams (Ex-officio members).
Junior (U-19 & U-16): Deepak Mangaraj (Chairman); Subas Mohanty, Sovan Dev, Subrat Behera, Jagannath Das (all members); Coaches of U-19 & U-16 teams (Ex-officio members).
Women: Bidhan Chandra Rout (Chairman); Gita Samantaray, Sudhanshubala Sahu, Arun Naik, Dhirendra Kumar Rout (all membes); Coaches of Senior, U-23 & U-19 women`s teams (Ex-officio members).
OCA ACADEMY COACHING STAFF: Shiv Sundar Das (Technical Director); Manas Ray, Rasmi Ranjan Das (both coach); Hrushikesh Bangari, Kalinga Das, Pravat Nayak (all assistant coach); 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), Somu Mallick (U-19), Dinesh Sahu (U-16), Aparna Mishra (Senior & U-23), Bidyut Prava Das (U-19 & U-16 women).
OTHERS: Pankaj Pattnaik (Curator), Daniel Rout (Coordinator), Anjan Kumar Khuntia (Media Manager).
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TOP: File photo of Odisha Ranji team coach Debasis Mohanty.
RIGHT: File photo of Odisha U-16 team coach KV Prasad.
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