Odisha lost all three of their league matches to crash out from the 68th Senior Men National Kabaddi Championship at Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar International Sports Stadium, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh today. Led by Saroj Kumar Sethi, the 12-member Odisha team featured two players each from Cuttack and Puri and one each from Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Ganjam, Nayagarh and National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack.
The team was accompanied by coach K Madhab Rao, manager Malay Kumar Rout and national referees Sasmita Das (Bhubaneswar) and Pradeep Kumar Sahoo (Jajpur).
ODISHA TEAM: Saroj Kumar Sethi, Susanta Kumar Samal (both Cuttack), Debi Prasad Das (Bhubaneswar), Swadhin Meher (Sambalpur), Rashmi Ranjan Rout (Jajpur), Paresh Chandra Rout (Dhenkanal), Sujit Soy (Rourkela), Ranjan Kumar Pradhan, Prakash Palei (both Puri), Anil Kumar Swain (Ganjam), Sritam Senapati (Nayagarh), Jitendra Swain (NRRI, Cuttack). Coach: K Madhab Rao, Manager: Malay Kumar Rout.
ODISHA RESULTS:
13 April: Odisha lost to West Bengal 12-30
14 April: Odisha lost to Tamil Nadu 14-49
14 April: Odisha lost to Karnataka 11-33