Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) today announced the appointment of a total of 28 coaches and support staff for the season 2022-23. According to an official release, Cricket Advisory Committee of OCA had conducted interview of the coaching staff on 26 April 2022.

All the coaches and support staff will work at the Odisha Cricket Academy during the academy activities and subsequently they will be attached with the respective team for BCCI Domestic tournament season 2022-23.

LIST OF COACHES AND SUPPORT STAFF:

LEAD & HEAD COACHES: 1. R Srikanth (Technical Director-cum-Lead Coach, Senior Men), 2. Rashmi Ranjan Parida (Head Coach, OCA Academy), 3. Puspanjali Banerjee (Head Coach, OCA Academy, Women Wing).

POOL OF COACHES: 1. Gautham Gopal, 2. Nataraj Behera, 3. Rashmi Ranjan Das, 4. Niranjan Behera, 5. Suresh Kumar, 6. Kadambini Mohakud, 7. K V Prasad, 8. Madhusmita Behera, 9. Deepak Mangaraj, 10. Rakesh Mohanty, 11. Sovan Dev, 12. Deepak Behera, 13. Itishree Pattnaik, 14. Tikilata Pradhan, 15. Sourav Sehgal.

POOL OF SUPPORT STAFF:
Strength & Conditioning Wing: 1. Purnendu Jena (Head S&C Coach), 2. Manoj Biswal, 3. Jagat Ranjan Das, 4. Sourya Ranjan Ray, 5. Sweta Samantaray, 6. Binu Sahoo, 7. Sasmita Sahoo.
Physiotherapy Wing: 1. Ronnie Chatterjee (Head Physio), 2. Bushra Aziz (Head Physio, Women), 3. Subhakant Sahoo, 4. Swastik P Mohanty, 5. Dinesh Sahoo, 6. Amrita Tripathy, 7. Nafisa Sabnam.
Analyst: 1. Sharada Prasana Biswal, 2. Naveen Behera, 3. Gayatree Behera.
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PHOTO: File picture of Rashmi Ranjan Parida, who was appointed as Head Coach of Odisha Cricket Academy on 25 July 2022.