DESCRIPTION:
*     Subham Nayak will lead a 17-member Odisha under-16 team with Sandeep Pattnaik as vice-captain.
*     East Zone runners-up Odisha will meet South Zone champions Kerala in a pre-quarterfinal match on January 1 to 4.
*     A win against Kerala will set up Odisha’s quarterfinal clash against West Zone champions Baroda to be held from January 12 to 15.

ODISHA TEAM: Subham Nayak (captain), Sandeep Pattnaik (vice-captain), Satyajit Sabat, Raghunath Malla, Subrat Samal (WK), Biswajit Bhuyan (WK), Kartik Biswal, Dibyajyoti Pradhan, Nikhil Barun, Krishna Choudhury, Parta Sarathy Nayak, Sushil Barik, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rathod, Dipti Bhushan Bihari, Abhishek Giri, Amit Anshuman Patra.
Support Staff: Subrat Behera (coach), Asish Panda (physio), S R Ray (trainer), Dhirendra Kumar Rout (observer), Nirban Roy (manager).

SCHEDULE:
Pre-quarterfinals (January 1 to 4): Odisha vs Karala (Match No 1) and Bengal vs Tamil Nadu (Match No 2).
Quarterfinals:
January 7 to 10: Punjab vs Rajasthan (Match No 3) and Madhya Pradesh vs Gujarat (Match No 4).
January 12 to 15: Baroda vs Winner of Match No 1 and Himachal Pradesh vs Winner of Match 2.
Semifinals:
January 17 to 20: Winner of match No 3 vs Winner of match No 5 and Winner of match No 2 vs Winner of match No 4.
FINAL: January 23 to 26