Odisha Basketball Association today announced the State men and women teams for the 75th Senior National Basketball Championship, which is scheduled to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 4 to 11 January 2026. The two teams have been formed with 12 players each.

Both the teams will be accompanied by one coach, one assistant coach and one manager. A record number of 65 teams are set to compete in this National championship. Odisha men team will compete in Level-1 Group H, against Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Puducherry, while Odisha women will battle it out in Level-2 Group G, against Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. 

ODISHA TEAMS:

MEN: Annit Samal, Sk Riaz, Anibesh Sahu, Sahid Khan, Sivasankar Behera, Aditya Bikram Pradhan, Sarat Nayak, Hardik Pattanaik, Barmananda Behera, Laxmidhara Barik, Dibyajyoti Mohapatra, Abhishek Pasupalak. Coach: Prahallad Behera, Assistant Coach: Ashis Singh, Manager: Pradeep Behera.

WOMEN: Lizalin Jena, Sanjeeta Kumari Naik, Ayushi Mallik, Tanushree Shasini, Sweta Pradhan, Tanushree Mohanty, Sohana Patra, Chinmayee Rana, Swagatika Sahu, Banita Charles, Anisha Nishan, Hema Sahu. Coach: Sashikanta Nayak, Assistant Coach: Subhashree Sahoo, Manager: Rajendra Khuntia.