Odisha Soft Tennis Association today announced the State boys and girls squads for participation in the 16th Junior National Soft Tennis Championship, which is scheduled to be conducted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 6th to 10th March 2022.

Badal Jena will lead a 10-member Odisha boys team with Anil Gopal Sahu as his deputy. The five-member Odisha girls team will be captained by Uma Giri with Suchitra Jena as vice-captain.

Odisha teams were selected from the 2nd State Soft Tennis Championship, which was held at Ace Base Tennis Academy in Naharkanta, Bhubaneswar on March 1 and 2.

ODISHA TEAMS:

BOYS: Badal Jena (Captain), Anil Gopal Sahu (Vice-captain), Bigyanjit Choudhury, Priyabrata Behera, Shreyansh Sahoo, Piyush Rout, Bedant Mohanty, Swayangsudha Palei, Udit Narayan Panda, Bishnu Prasad Behera. Coach: Mohammad Ansar-ul Haque.

GIRLS: Uma Giri (Captain), Suchitra Jena (Vice-captain), Rajeswari Mallick, Saisa Swain, Rojalin Bhoi. Coach: Satish Kumar Biswakarma; Umpire: Bikash Kumar Mohapatra.
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PHOTO: Players of Odisha Junior boys and girls teams for the National Junior Soft Tennis Championship pose with officials of Odisha Soft Tennis Association in Bhubaneswar on 2nd March 2022.