Lagnajit, Madhusmita named Orissa captains

Orissa Cricket Association today named Lagnajit Samal and Madhusmita Behera as captains of the State under-19 men`s and women`s teams respectively. Lagnajit will lead a 16-member team in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Tournament to be held at Kolkata from October 20 to 28. Madhusmita will skipper a 17-member team in the East Zone under-19 Women`s One-day Tournament to be held at Jamshedpur from October 20 to 28. Meanwhile, former international Anju Jain has taken charge chief coach of State woman cricket teams. State u-19 teams: MEN: Lagnajit Samal (capt), Alok Sahoo (vice-capt), Ajay Rout, Govind Poddar, Abhilash Mallick, Amitav Rout, Sanujit Samal, Ananda Sahu, Sumitosh Praharaj, Sudipta Swain, Subhankar Bose, Seshdeep Patra, Sanjib Barik, Sailendra Ram, Anil Mohapatra, Manas Muduli. WOMEN: Madhusmita Behera (capt), Kumkum Nayak (vice-capt), Gangotri Behera, Padmini Barik, Sucheta Mohanty, Ritu Singh, Sumita Singh, Sweta Samantaray, Priyanka Priyadarsini SAhoo, Truptimayee Das (wk), Sujata Mallick, Siuli Bepari, Binu Sahoo (wk), Lipika Das, Tilottama Sahoo, Madhusmita Das, Swagatika Mishra.