CUTTACK 31-Jan-2016
Former India swing bowler Debasis Mohanty today retained his post as the coach of Odisha Ranji team, while forme Railway off-spinner Kulamani Parida and renowned batsman Rashmi Ranjan Parida were appointed as coach of state under-23 and under-19 teams respectively for the year 2016-17.
Decisions to appoint coaches, selectors and all other support staff for the new season was taken in a joint meeting of OCA Coaching Committee and Tournament Committee here at the office of the Hony secretary of Odisha Cricket Association Asirbad Behera. According to an important decision, Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Tournament and the Under-19 Inter-District Tournament will be conducted in a new format, similar to Ranji Trophy.
COACHES FOR DIFFERENT STATE TEAMS: Ranji team: Debasis Mohanty. U-23 team: Kulamani Parida. U-19 team: Rashmi Ranjan Parida. U-16 team: Subrat Behera. U-14 team: J C Routray (Coach), Trinath Sahoo (Assistant coach). Women teams: Dhirendra Kumar Rout (Chief coach); Rashmita Mohanty (Coach, Senior & U-23); Itishree Pattnaik (Coach, U-19).
OCA ACADEMY TECHNICAL STAFF: R Srikanth (Technical Director); Shiv Sundar Das (Chief Coach); Prasanta Mohapatra (Batting coach); Rashmi Ranjan Das (Fielding coach); Kalinga Das, Pravat Nayak (both Assistant coach); Daniel Rout (OCA & Academy Coordinator).
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE: Ranjib Biswal (Chairman); Sanjay Raul, Pawan Agarwal, Amiya Ray, P Jayachandra (all Members).
SENIOR SELECTION COMMITTEE: Ranjib Biswal (Chairman); Pannalal Bose, Subhasis Bhuyan, Abakash Khatua, Surya Mishra, Bishnudev Mohanty (all Members); Coaches of Ranji and U-23 teams (both Ex-officio members).
JUNIOR SELECTION COMMITTEE: Balabhadra Pattnaik (Chairman); Upendra Barik, Deepak Mangaraj, Subas Mohanty, Rakesh Mohanty, Shovan Deb (all Members); Coaches of U-19 and U-16 teams (both Ex-officio members).
WOMEN SELECTION COMMITTEE: Smarapriya Mishra (Chairman); Geeta Samantray, Sudhanshubala Sahoo, Ankita Das, Santosh Das, Bidhan Chandra Rout, Arun Naik (all Members); Coaches of all women teams (Ex-officio members).
