FULL NAME: Sasanka Sekhar Patnaik
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: Not known
PARENTS: (Father), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Teacher
TYPE OF PLAYER: Top-order batsman, occasional bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 26 first-class matches in a career, spanning from 1949-50 to 1965-66.
*     Played all 26 first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 26, innings 45, not outs 1, total runs 804, highest score 126, average 18.27, hundreds 1, fifties 4, catches 6
Bowling: 24 balls, 1 maiden, 4 runs, 0 wkt, best bowling 0/1, average , strike rate , economy 1.00

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
0, 26: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1965.
8, 13: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 2-4 January, 1965.
19, 6: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 25-27 Dec, 1964.
0, 12: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 19-21 December, 1964.
65, 4: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 26-28 December, 1963.
7, 30: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 21-23 December, 1963.
126, 0/1: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 15-17 December, 1963.
0, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 3-5 December, 1961.
1, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Gauhati Town Club, Gauhati, 7-9 January, 1961.
6, 13: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 16-18 Dec, 1960.
8, 8: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-12 Dec, 1960.
75*, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 31 Dec 1959-2 Jan 1960.
7, 21: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1959.
7, 1: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 4-5 January, 1958.
18, 0: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 29-30 December, 1957.
30, 6: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 15-17 December, 1957.
31, 16, 0/3: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 22-25 December, 1956.
55, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 11-13 February, 1956.
34: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Town Club Ground, Gauhati, 13-15 January, 1956.
5, 2: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 18-20 December, 1954.
6, 7: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cutttack, 17-19 January, 1953.
6: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cutttack, 6-7 December, 1952.
7, 13: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Jubilee Field, Nowgong, 15-18 December, 1951.
12, 0: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-11 December, 1950.
4, 17: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-12 December, 1949.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Led Orissa in six Ranji Trophy matches between seasons 1959-60 and 1960-61.
*     He was a physics lecturer by profession.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 21 August, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 12 June, 2020