FULL NAME: Sourajit Mohapatra
NICK NAME: Bilu
GENDER: Male
BORN: Sept 7, 1968 at Cuttack, Orissa
FAMILY: Father (Late Somnath Mohapatra), Mother (Late Nilima Mishra), Brother (Biswajit Mohapatra), Sister (Swati Mohapatra), Wife (Prajnan Mohanty), Son (Swojit Mohapatra, nick name Neel).
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 1/B/3, Sector-9, CDA, Markat Nagar, Cuttack-14.
E-MAIL: sourajitbilu68@rediffmail.com
TELEPHONE: 9338117416 (Mobile)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: MA in Personnel Management & Labour Welfare and LLb from Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar. Earlier studied at Puri Zilla School and SCS College, Puri.
PROFESSION: Business
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-arm fast medium pace bowler and left-hand batsman.
FIRST COACH: Bimal Prasad Mohanty, Puri.
EARLY CAREER: Started playing cricket in 1981
FIRST CLUB: Sobers Club (Puri)
HOBBIES: Writing poem, reading.
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Becoming the first bowler of Orissa to achieve a hat-trick in First-Class cricket.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 28 First-Class, 1 List-A and 3 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from seasons to 1982-83 to 1992-93.
*     The 28 First-Class matches featured 26 in Ranji Trophy and 2 in Duleep Trophy.
*     Played the lone List-A match for East Zone in Deodhar Trophy.
*     The 3 Miscellaneous matches featured 2 in Cooch Behar Trophy for Orissa Schools and 1 in Vijay Merchant Trophy for Orissa U-15.

OVERALL FIRST CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting and Fielding: 28 matches, 32 inning, 11 not outs, 269 runs, highest score 40, average 12.80, catches 3.
Bowling: Balls 5235, maidens 122, runs 3102, wickets 100, best bowling in innings 7/40, average 31.02, five wickets in an innings 7 times, 10 wickets in a match once.

LIST-A:
Batting and Fielding: Match 1, did not bat.
Bowling stats: One match, 54 balls, 0 maiden, 35 runs, 0 wicket.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES:
0, 4/170, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Tata Digwadi Stadium, Jamadoba, 31 Dec 1992-3 Jan 1993.
0/125, 0, 17: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 25-27 December, 1992.
4, 1/72, DNB, 0/1: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, 4-7 December, 1992.
10, 6/38, 2/48: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 27-30 November, 1992.
0/73, 0, 3/76, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 19-22 Dec, 1991.
1/36, 13, 1/18: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, BOSE Ground, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1991.
1/42, 40, 0/14, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, BOSE Ground, Cuttack, 28 Nov-1 Dec, 1991.
0/43, 11, 20*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 21-24 November, 1991.
6*, 3/142, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, SAIL Stadium, Ranchi, 24-27 December, 1990.
0*, 3/162, 23*: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 6-9 December, 1990.
2/76, 4, 5/93, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 30 Nov-3 Dec, 1990.
1/29, 0, 0/13: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala, 23-25 Nov, 1990.
2/120, 0*, 1/45: East Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy match, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, 25-28 December, 1989.
4/116, DNB, 4/59: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-19 December, 1989.
0*, 7/74, 2/95, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 12-14 December, 1989.
5/104, 19, 0/13, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 5-7 December, 1989.
0*, 2/38, 0/55: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-27 November, 1989.
1*, 1/189, 4: Odisha vs Delhi, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinals, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 17-20 February, 1989.
5/68, 10, 3/34, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 12-14 January, 1989.
1, 2/87, 3, 4/65: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 6-8 January, 1989.
3/75, 14*, 3/53: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 27-29 December, 1988.
0/25, 4, 0/12, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Hazaribagh Stadium, Hazaribagh, 9-12 December, 1988.
1/55, 0, 0/16: East Zone vs North Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal match, Baradari Ground, Patiala, 16-19 September, 1988.
1/93, 1, 0/98, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 16-18 February, 1988.
4/80, 17, 0/32, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 22-24 January, 1988.
36, 0/34, 3, 0/10: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 15-17 January, 1988.
8*, 6/23, 7/40: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-13 January, 1988.
0/22, DNB, 0/1: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 15-17 January, 1986.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS IN LIST-A MATCHES:
DNB, 0/35: East Zone vs Central Zone, Deodhar Trophy, Quarterfinal match, Nehru Stadium, Indore, 22 January, 1989.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS IN LIST-A MATCHES:
47, 4/59: Orissa Schools vs Bihar Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, CCFC Ground, Calcutta, 19-21 Nov, 1986.
2/16, 4, 1/16: Orissa vs Bengal, Vijay Merchant Trophy, East Zone U-15 match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 20-22 Dec, 1982.
22*, 0/24, DNB, 1/25: Orissa Schools vs Bihar Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, Police Ground, Calcutta, 6-8 Dec, 1982.

ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     Became eligible for Level-B Coaches Course after scoring 41 out of 50 marks in the NCA Level-A Refresher Course for Coaches held at Kolkata on 12-13 November, 2018.
*     Started imparting coaching at local level in 1996.
*     He is a National Cricket Academhy (NCA) Level-I certified coach.
*     Worked as the bowling coach of Orissa state teams and Orissa Cricket Academy from April 2003 to March 2011.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Appointed member of Senior Men Selection Committee of Odisha Cricket Association on 26 November, 2020.
*     Member of Board President XI in the year 1990-91, under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin.
*     Captained Orissa in four first-class (Ranji Trophy) matches between years 1992 and 1993.
*     Represented Board President XI in 1990-91 under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin.
*     Represented Orissa in CK Naidu Trophy u-22 Tournament in 1984-85.
*     Represented Utkal University from 1984-85 to 1989-90.
*     Worked as a member of Odisha State Senior Selection Commitee, Suspected Bowling Action Committee member from 2003 to 2011.
*     Also worked as manager and observer at Ranji Trophy and Junior level matches.
*     Married Prajnan Mohanty on 1 May, 1993.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 July, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 November, 2020