FULL NAME: Banabasi Patnaik
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: Not known
PARENTS: (Father), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Cuttack, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Studied at Patna University
PROFESSION: Engineer. Retired as Chief Engineer, R&B, Government of Orissa.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Allrounder and occasional wicket-keeper
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Bihar, Orissa, East Zone

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 25 first-class and two miscellaneous matches in a career spanning from 1945-46 to 1964-65.
*     The 25 first-class matches included 17 for Odisha, 5 for Bihar, 2 for East Zone and 1 for Bihar Governor XI.
*     Played both the miscellaneous matches in Rohinton Baria Trophy between 1947-48 and 1948-49.

OVERAL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 25, innings 45, not outs 3, total runs 733, highest score 87, average 17.45, fifties 3, catches 13, stumpings 1.
Bowling: Balls 1455, maidens 44, runs 768, wickets 27, best bowling 5/21, average 28.44, five wkts in an innings twice, strike rate 53.88, economy 3.16

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
13, 13*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 2-4 January, 1965.
11, 3: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-10 December, 1961.
41, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 3-5 December, 1961.
7, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 31 Dec 1959-2 Jan 1960.
3, 0/5, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 4-5 January, 1958.
7, 0/1, 15: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 29-30 December, 1957.
1/28, 0, 8: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 15-17 December, 1957.
59, 1/39, 17, 0/32: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 22-25 December, 1956.
1/65, 2, 33*: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 11-13 February, 1956.
13, 2/27, 1/55: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Town Club Ground, Gauhati, 13-15 January, 1956.
0/57, 16, 5: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 18-20 December, 1954.
1/93, 14*, 3/65, 14: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1953.
2/37, 8, 38, 0/11: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-19 January, 1953.
1, DNB: East Zone vs Pakistanis, Three-day match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 19-21 December, 1952.
87, 0/2, 5/21: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 6-7 December, 1952.
0, 1: East Zone vs Marylebone Cricket Club, Three-day match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 6-8 January, 1952.
5/42, 53, 1/64, 20: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Jubilee Field, Nowgong, 15-18 December, 1951.
31, 1/62, 2: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-11 December, 1950.
0/12, 13, 3/25, 0: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-12 December, 1949.
2, 32: Bihar vs Holkar, Ranji Trophy Quarterfinal match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 12-14 February, 1949.
1, 22: Bihar vs Dehi, Ranji Trophy, 1st round match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 21-23 January, 1949.
18, 35: Bihar Governors XI vs West Indies, Three-day match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 7-9 January, 1949.
1, 0: Bihar vs United Provinces, East Zone match, Muir Central College Ground, Allahabad, 10-12 January, 1948.
37, 0/25, 18: Bihar vs Holkar, Ranji Trophy, East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 21-23 December, 1946.
15, 0: Bihar vs Holkar, Ranji Trophy, East Zone match, Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore, 15-16 December, 1945.

DETAILS OF MISCELLANEOUS PERFORMANCE:
1/37, 33, 0/56, 0: Patna University vs Allahabad University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, North Zone match, Calcutta, 13-14 Dec, 1948.
0, 3/80, 9: Patna University vs Agra University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, North Zone match, Lucknow, 14-15 Dec, 1947.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Led Odisha in eight Ranji Trophy matches between 1950 and 1957.
*     Played Ranji Trophy for Bihar up to 1948-49.
*     In the 1948-49 season, represented Bihar Governor’s XI against visiting West Indies team at Jamshedpur and scored a well-made 32.
*     Completed his engineering degree in 1948, returned home to Cuttack and played for Orissa thereafter.
*     He was a complete batsman who seemed to have a stroke for anything bowled at him.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 August, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 12 July, 2020