FULL NAME: Shyamakanta Pattnaik (Fondly known as Kalu bhai)
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 December, 1937 in Cuttack
DIED: 17th July, 2021 at his Cuttack residence
PARENTS: Father (Baidyanath Patnaik), Mother (Khirodmani Patnaik)
HOME ADDRESS: Town Hall Road, Cuttack, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Studied at Peary Mohan Academy, Cuttack
PROFESSION: Sports Journalist
TYPE OF PLAYER: Fast bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Schools and Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS CRICKETER:
*     Played two first-class and one miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from 1958-59 to 1960-61.
*     Played both the first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.
*     Played the lone miscellaneous match in Cooch Behar Trophy against Bihar Schools at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur in 1958.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 2, innings 2, not outs 0, total runs 4, highest score 3, average 2.00, catches 1
Bowling: 102 balls, 2 maidens, 60 runs, 0 wkt, best bowling 0/4, average , strike rate , economy 3.52

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
0/4, 1, 0/12, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Gauhati Town Club, Gauhati, 7-9 January, 1961.
0/40, 3, 0/4: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 20-22 December, 1959.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Participated in a coaching camp for fast bowlers, organised by BCCI at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
*     Also qualified football referee, he officiated matches in Santosh Trophy, Federation Cup, IFA Shield, Rovers Cup, Durand Cup and Kalinga Cup All-India Tournaments.
*     Became a national level football referee in 1967.
*     Worked as a qualified football referee for three decades.
*     Officiated high-voltage football match between Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.
* Officiated football match between India and Russia teams at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.
*     As a sports journalist, he worked for premier Odia daily The Samaj for 40 years before retiring in 1997.
*     Started his sports journalist career as a reporter of The Samaj in 1958, followed it as sub-editor (sports) in 1963 and finallly as news editor.
*     Felicitated by Odisha Veteran Sportspersons Association on 5th March, 2020.
*     Conferred with the Radhanath Rath Journalism Award 2015 by Dr Radhanath Rath Foundation Trust.
*     Received Barabati Morning Club Sports Honour on 18th December, 2005.
*     Received the Karmabira Gouri Shankar Ray Smruti Samman on 13th July, 2018.
*     Felicitated by Veteran Football Association on the occasion of the final match of Debabrata Kar Memorial Cuttack Inter-School Football Tournament in Cuttack in 2013.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 20 August, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 17 July, 2021