Odisha Cricket Association today announced a 21-member State Senior Men Team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy All-India T20 Tournament to be played from 4 to 22 November 2021. The team will be led by stumper-batsman Rajesh Dhuper. Odisha has been placed in Elite Group-A along with Goa, defending champions Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab and Pondicherry.

Odisha will play their five group league matches in Lucknow between November 4 and 9. The State team will travel to Lucknow on the 27t October and play their opening match against Goa on November 4. Before starting campaign in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy, Odisha will play four practice matches against Chhattisgarh in Raipur on October 22, 23, 25 and 26.

ODISHA SENIOR MEN TEAM: Rajesh Dhuper (Captain & wk), Gourav Choudhary, Anurag Sarangi, Anshuman Rath (wk), Sandeep Pattnaik, Subhranshu Senapati, Abhishek Yadav, Pratik Das, Govinda Poddar, Rajesh Mohanty, Tarani Sa, B Shiva, Ashish Rai, Debabrata Pradhan, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Prayash Singh Thakur, Pappu Ray, Harshit Rathod, Bikash Rout, Jayanta Behera, Abhishek Raut.