Subhranshu Senapati will lead Odisha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tournament, scheduled to be held in Kolkata from 10 to 31 January, 2021. Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) today announced a 20-member State Senior Men Team for this tournament today.
The team has as many as nine new faces. They are: Aditya Rout, Gourav Choudhury, Sukesh Heera, Walter Toppo, Pravin Loha, Tarini Sa, Ankitkar Jaiswal, Sunil Kumar Roul and Asish Rai.
This will be the 12th edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Tournament. Altogether 38 teams, split into six groups, will participate in this tournament. Karnataka will start campaign as defending champions.
Groups A to E will have six teams, while the Plate Group will have eight teams. Odisha have been placed in Group-B along with Jharkhand, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad and Assam.
ODISHA SENIOR MEN TEAM: Biplab Samantray, Govind Poddar, Subhranshu Senapati (Captain), Pratik Das, Santanu Mishra, Ankit Yadav, Aditya Rout, Gourav Choudhury, Sukesh Heera, Walter Toppo, Rajesh Dhupar (WK), Pravin Loha (WK), Suryakant Pradhan, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Tarini Sa, Pappu Ray, Ankitkar Jaiswal, Rajesh Mohanty, Sunil Kumar Roul, Asish Rai.
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PHOTO: Undated file picture of Odisha captain Subhranshu Senapati.