FULL NAME: Ashokananda Jena
GENDER: Male
BORN: September 1946, Puri, Orissa (Source: cricketarchive.com),
HOME ADDRESS: Aigania, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Father (Muralidhar Jena), mother (Basant Kumari Jena), six brothers (Sachidananda, Bibekananda, Bisuddhananda, Swarupananda, Alokananda, Chinmayananda).
EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Worked at State Bank of India
TYPE OF CRICKETER: Right-hand batsman and slow left-arm orthodox spinner
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors, Orissa Schools, Utkal University

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 26 first-class and nine miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from 1959-60 to 1973-74.
*     Played all 26 first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.
*     The nine miscellaneous matches featured four in Cooch Behar Trophy for Orissa Schools and five in Rohinton Baria Trophy for Utkal University.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting and fielding: 26 matches, 52 innings, 4 not outs, total runs 1020, highest score 95 n.o, average 21.25, 14 catches.
Bowling: 26 matches, 623 balls, 12 maidens, 461 runs, 9 wickets, best bowling in an innings 2/24, average 51.22.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
2, 37: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 22-24 December, 1973.
0/12, 21, 10: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 16-18 December, 1973.
11, 27*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-13 December, 1973.
0, 0/23, 10: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 7-9 December, 1970.
2/20, 0, 6: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 1-3 December, 1970.
23, 0: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nowgong Sports Club Ground, Nowgong, 24-26 Nov, 1970.
10, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 4-6 January, 1970.
0, 0/18, 13: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 31 Dec, 1969-1 Jan, 1970.
9, 1/4, 39, 0/14: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 20-22 December, 1969.
0/3, 5, 0/38, 14: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Tata Digwadi Stadium, Jamadoba, 4-6 January, 1969.
3, 10, 1/17: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, 29-31 December, 1968.
51, 15: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 22-24 December, 1968.
5, 0/3, 4, 0/16: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Khallikote College Ground, Berhampur, 29-31 December, 1967.
11, 0/74, 44: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 23-25 December, 1967.
11, 0/26, 54: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-18 December, 1967.
53*, 1/19, 61: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 21-23 December, 1966.
30, 48, 0/8: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-27 December, 1965.
0/11, 11, 10: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 18-20 December, 1965.
2/41, 1, 22: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1965.
70, 15: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 2-4 January, 1965.
62, 95*: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 25-27 Dec, 1964.
13, 0/8, 5, 0/4: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 19-21 December, 1964.
18, 2/43, 1, 0/7: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 26-28 December, 1963.
11, 0/35, 0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 29-31 January, 1963.
35, 0/6, 0: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 13-14 January, 1962.
6, 0/11, 4: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-10 December, 1961.

DETAILS OF MISCELLANEOUS PERFORMANCE:
36, 3/32, ?: Vs Gorakhpur University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, 3-day East Zone match, Benares, December, 2963.
69, 3/5: Vs Bhagalpur University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, 3-day East Zone match, Benares, December, 2963.
30, 1/118, 8: Vs Bihar Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 13-14 January, 1963.
24, 32*: Vs Patna University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, East Zone match, Town Club, Calcutta, 18-20 December, 1962.
2/34, 19, 7: VS Bengal Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, Nowgong SC Ground, Nowgong, 8-9 January, 1962.
2/49, 3, 0: Vs Gorakhpur University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, East Zone match, Gorakhpur University Ground, Gorakhpur, 12-14 Dec, 1961.
?, 62: Vs Bhagalpur University, Rohinton Baria Trophy, East Zone match, Science College Ground, Benares, 7-9 Jan, 1961.
15, 14: Vs Bihar Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, Town Club, Calcutta, 21-22 December, 1960.
2, 0: VS Bengal Schools, Cooch Behar Trophy, East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 26-28 December, 1959.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Led Orissa in seven Ranji Trophy matches between 1967 and 1973.
*     He was conferred with the Kamal Ganguly Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2018 in Bhubaneswar on March 17, 2019.
*     Functioned as office-bearers of the Veterans` Cricket Association of Orissa, including it president.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 July, 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 28 June, 2020