Five new faces were included in the 15-member Odisha State U-23 team for their Col C K Nayudu Trophy Plate Group-B League match against Chhattishgarh to be played at Bhilai from October 31 to November 3, 2016. The new faces are Agniva Sarkar, Prayas Singh, Abhijeet Ghana, Badal Bhol, and Vyankatesh Bhande.

As many as seven players were dropped from the 17-member State U-23 team that lost their third-round match against Jharkhand at Sambalpur today. The seven are: Amrit Khatua, Kameswar Barik, Tarakant Samal, Sanjay Das, Anurag Prusty, Prasant Thakkar and Prabir Nayak.

ODISHA U-23 TEAM: Santanu Mishra (Captain), Debasis Samantray, Pratik Das, Devender Kunwar, Abhishek Yadav, Debabrata Pradhan, Kailash Das, Debapriya Pattnaik, Papu Ray, Jamela Bhanjan Mohapatra, Agniva Sarkar, Prayas Singh, Abhijeet Ghana, Badal Bhol, Vyankatesh Bhande (WK).
Manager: Amaresh Dash, Coach: Kulamani Parida, Physio: Biswajit Mohapatra, Trainer: Mahesh Malla.