FULL NAME: Devashish Mahanti
NICK NAMES: Devoo, Pipi
BORN: 23rd December,1963 at Cuttack, Orissa
FAMILY: Son of Late Bhairab Chandra Mahanti and Gitanjali Mahanti, Devashish has two brothers namely Kharavela (Reader in History) and Sabyasachi (businessman)
MARITAL STATUS: Married Sashmita on 23rd November,1986. They have two daughters namely Ayesha (a PG student in Mass Communication) and Ahaana (studying in the class 10th)
PRESENT ADDRESS: Gampas Plastech Pvt.Ltd, 44-49 Ganeswarpur Industrial Estate, Januganj, Balasore-756019, Orissa
E-MAIL: devoocunning@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: BA (Hons) from St.Stephen`s College, Delhi University
PROFESSION: Business
TYPE OF PLAYER: Left-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm fast medium bowler
FIRST COACH: Late Col. Hemu Adhikari
EARLY CAREER: Started playing cricket since childhood
FIRST CLUB: Fresher`s Club, Cuttack
HOBBIES :Writing, reading and machine designing

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 25 First-Class and 4 List-A matches in career, spanning from

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 25 matches, 36 innings, 2 not outs, total 1,112 runs, highest score 128, average 32.70, one century, seven half-centuries, eight catches.
Bowing: 25 matches, 82 overs, 203 runs, 4 wickets, best bowling 4/35, average 50.75.

OVERALL LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 4 matches, 4 innings, 0 not out, total runs 115, highest score 50, average 28.75, one half-century.
Bowling: 4 matches, 18 overs, 91 runs, 2 wickets, best bowling 2/54, average 45.50.

DETAILS OF PERFORMANCE IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES:
51: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-19 December, 1989.
2, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 12-14 December, 1989.
14, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 5-7 December, 1989.
2: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-27 November, 1989.
31, 32: Odisha vs Delhi, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinals, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 17-20 February, 1989.
27, 49: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 12-14 January, 1989.
21, 32: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 6-8 January, 1989.
0/18, 69: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 27-29 December, 1988.
16, 6*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Hazaribagh Stadium, Hazaribagh, 9-12 December, 1988.
51, 7: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 16-18 February, 1988.
8, 13: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 22-24 January, 1988.
82, 10: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 15-17 January, 1988.
26: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-13 January, 1988.
37, 0/36, 29, 0/0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 24-26 December, 1986.
0/20, 47: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Ground, Guwahati, 12-14 Dec, 1986.
128, 0/11, 0/16: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 5-7 December, 1986.
0/25, 70, 32, 0/4: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 29-31 January, 1986.
0/15, 5, 0/3: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 15-17 January, 1986.
64, 0/6, 4/35: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baxi Jagabandhu Stadium, Talcher, 4-6 January, 1986.
13, 0/1: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Permit Ground, Balasore, 28-30 December, 1985.
51, 5: Odisha vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal match, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 7-10 March, 1985.

OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Represented East Zone twice each in Deodhar Trophy and Duleep Trophy.
*     Represented India under-22 against Clive Lloyd`s West Indies in1983.
*     Represented India under-25 against Allan Border`s Australians in 1985.
*     Represented Delhi and North Zone in Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) tournament between 1980 and 1982.
*     Represented Delhi in CK Nayudu Trophy (under-22) Tournament between 1982 and 1985.
*     Represented Delhi University between1982 to 1985 in Rohinton Baria Trophy.
*     Represented North Zone University in Vizzy Trophy between 1982 to 1985.
*     Represented Delhi in Ranji trophy in 1984-85.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 January, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 18 August, 2020