Orissa Ranji team announced for 2 matches

Former captain Pravanjan Mullick and experienced off-spinner Sanjay Satpathy were ignored again as Samir Mohanty was picked as the only new face in the Orissa Ranji team at Cuttack tonight. The senior selection committee of Orissa Cricket Association finalised a 15-member team for the first two Elite Division matches against Hyderabad (Nov 3-6 at Cuttack) and Saurashtra (Nov 13 to 16 at Rajkot). All-rounder Paresh Patel returned to the team following his fine performance in trial matches. But speedster Deepak Mangaraj, stumper Priyabrata Pradhan and batsman Rashmi Ranjan Das failed to win the selectors` nod yet again. The selection committee preferred Sukant Khatua over Mangaraj as the fourth medium pacer of the side after Debasis Mohanty, Pritamjeet Das and Basant Mohanty. Youngsters enjoyed an advantage as Payas Ranjan Sinha and Rakesh Mohanty successfully retained their places. Orissa team: Shiv Sundar Das (capt), P Jayachandra (vice-capt), Bikash Pati, Niranjan Behera, Rakesh Mohanty, Haladhar Das (wk), Paresh Patel, Subit Biswal, Payas Ranjan Sinha, Samir Mohanty, Debasis Mohanty, Basant Mohanty, Pritamjeet Das, Sourav Sehgal, Sukant Khatua.