FULL NAME: Chinmayananda Jena (Also known as Chinu)
BORN: 24 September 1950 at Chhatrapur, Ganjam.
FAMILY: Father (Muralidhar Jena), mother (Basant Kumari Jena), six brothers (Sachidananda, Bibekananda, Bisuddhananda, Swarupananda, Alokananda, Ashokananda); wife (Soudamini Jena), daughter (Alipta Jena).
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No 1565/10, Sector-6, CDA Markata Nagar, Cuttack-753014, Orissa, India.
TELEPHONE: 0671-2504704 (Res), 94372-74390 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: chinmoyjena@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Studied at Secondary Board High School, Cuttack and Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
PROFESSION: Worked as Professor in English at Ravenshaw University before retiring in 2009.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Left-hand batsman
HOME CLUB: Sunrise Club, Cuttack
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played one first-class match in a career that was confined to the season 1973-74.
*     Played the lone first-class match in Ranji Trophy.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
First Class: 1 match, 2 innings, 0 not out, 2 runs, 2 highest, 1.00 average, no catches.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
0, 2: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 22-24 December, 1973.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*    Functioned as a vice-president and senior selection committee chairman of Orissa Cricket Association (OCA).
*    He was also the editor-in-chief of OCA Newsletter.
*    Four of his six brothers also played First-Class Cricket.
*    His only daughter Alipta worked as a senior sub-editor with The Telegraph.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 June, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 28 June, 2020