BHUBANESWAR 05-Nov-2017
The Senior Selection Committee of Odisha Cricket Association today made three changes in the state senior team for their Ranji Trophy Group-C match to be played against Tamil Nadu at DRIEMS Cricket Ground, Tangi (Cuttack) from November 9 to 12.
Wicket-keeper Rajesh Dhuper, top-order batsmen Ranjit Singh and Abinash Saha replaced Saurabh Rawat, Aravind Singh and Prayash Kumar Singh after Odisha suffered defeat in their last match against Mumbai at Bhubaneswar yesterday. Surprisingly Aravind Singh and Prayash Singh were dropped before getting any chance to play.
Also an opening batsman, Dhuper returned to the state senior team for scoring a belligerent century in Odisha’s C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 match against Hyderabad today. Cuttack lad Dhuper has the experience of playing five First-Class and three List-A matches in the season 2015-16.
ODISHA RANJI TEAM: Sandeep Pattanaik, Natraj Behera, Santanu Mishra, Govinda Poddar (Captain), Subhranshu Senapati, Biplab Samantaray, Rajesh Dhuper (WK), Dhiraj Singh, Basant Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakant Pradha, Alok Sahoo, Alok Mangaraj, Deepak Behera, Ranjit Singh, Abinash Saha.
Support staff: Nrusingha Choudhury (Manager), Shiv Sundar Das (Coach), Subhakant Sahoo (Physio), Manoj Biswal (Trainer).
