DESCRIPTION:
* Odisha will start their Ranji Trophy campaign for the season 2016-17 with the opening match against Vidarbha at Vizag from October 6 to 9, 2016.
* According the BCCI domestic fixture, Odisha have been placed in Group-B along with Vidarbha, Saurashtra, Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Assam and Jharkhand.
* According to a new decision, all Ranji Trophy matches will be played at neutral venues.
* Odisha will play their eighth and last Ranji match against Jharkhand at Chennai from December 7 to 10, 2016.
RANJI MATCHES INVOLVING ODISHA:
Oct 6-9: Vs Vidarbha at Vizag
Oct 13-16: Vs Saurashtra at Hyderabad
Oct 27-30: Vs Delhi at Mohali
Nov 5-8: Vs Team Rajasthan at Patiala
Nov 13-16: Vs Assam at Hyderabad
Nov 21-24: Vs Karnataka at Palam, Delhi
Nov 29-Dec 2: Vs Maharashtra at Kochi
Dec 15-18: Vs Jharkhand at Trivandrum
ODISHA TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST VIDARBHA: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Anurag Sarangee, Subhranshu Senapati, Pratik Das, Haladhar Das (WK), Basant Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Chandra Sahoo, Dhiraj Singh, Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo.
ODISHA TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST DELHI: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Anurag Sarangi, Saurabh Rawat (WK), Subhranshu Senapati, Basant Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Manoj Nayak, Ansuman Gope. Manager: Mehtab Khan, Coach: Debasis Mohanty, Physio: Subhakant Sahoo, Trainer: Manoj Biswal.
ODISHA TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST RAJASTHAN: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Saurabh Rawat (WK), Subhranshu Senapati, Basant Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Manoj Nayak, Ansuman Gope, Abhishek Yadav. Manager: Bikash Pradhan, Coach: Debasis Mohanty, Physio: Subhakant Sahoo, Trainer: Manoj Biswal.
ODISHA SENIOR TEAM FOR MATCH AGAISNT ASSAM: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Saurabh Rawat (WK), Subhranshu Senapati, Basant Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Manoj Nayak, Ansuman Gope, Abhishek Yadav. Manager: Subrat Chatterjee, Coach: Debasis Mohanty, Physio: Subhakant Sahoo, Trainer: Manoj Biswal.
ODISHA TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST KARNATAKA: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Saurabh Rawat (WK), Subhranshu Senapati, Basanta Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Manoj Nayak, Ansuman Gope, Abhishek Yadav. Manager: Rabi Sankar Pratihari, Coach: Debasis Mohanty, Physio: Subhakant Sahoo, Trainer: Manoj Biswal.
ODISHA TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST JHARKHAND: Sandip Pattnaik, Abinash Saha, Ranjit Singh, Govind Poddar (Captain), Biplab Samantray, Saurabh Rawat (WK), Subhranshu Senapati, Basanta Mohanty (Vice-captain), Suryakanta Pradhan, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Manoj Nayak, Ansuman Gope, Abhishek Yadav. Coach: Debasis Mohanty, Physio: Subhakant Sahoo, Trainer: Manoj Biswal.