FULL NAME: Somnath Sahoo
GENDER: Male
BORN: February 21, 1956, Ghatsila, Bihar
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Also lived in Rourkela, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Father (), Mother ()
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Worked at Steel Authority of India Limited (Rourkela Steel Plant)
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa U-22, Orissa Seniors and East Zone Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 33 First-class, 3 List-A and 3 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from 1974-75 to 1983-84.
*     The 33 First-Class matches include 29 in Ranji Trophy, 2 in Duleep Trophy and 1 each against West Indies and England.
*     The 3 List-A mathes featured 2 in Deodhar Trophy and 1 in Wills Trophy.
*     Played all 3 Miscellaneous matches in C K Nayudu Trophy U-22 Tournament.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting and Fielding: 33 matches, 50 innings, one not out, total 863 runs, highest score 79, average 17.61, four fifties, 14 catches.
Bowling: 33 matches, 3136 balls, 1815 runs, 56 wickets, best bowling in an innings 6/121, average 32.41, 5-wkts in an innings once.

OVERALL LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
Batting and Fielding: 3 matches, 3 innings, total 7 runs, highest score 4, average 2.33.
Bowling: 3 matches, 138 balls, 136 runs, 6 wkts, best bowling in an innings 3/52, average 22.66.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
29: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Ground, Guwahati, 12-14 Dec, 1986.
1, 0/10: Orissa vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 5-7 December, 1986.
1/101, 52, 0/27, Abst hurt: Odisha vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal, Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 7-10 March, 1985.
0, 1/42, 16, 0/13: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 8-10 December, 1984.
1/7, DNB, 1/12: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nowgong SC Ground, Nowgong, 1-3 December, 1984.
2/47, 71, 1/44, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, SAIL Stadium, Ranchi, 24-26 November, 1984.
4, 2/36, 17, 0/6: East Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy, Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, 20-23 October, 1984.
1/90, 47, DNB: Orissa vs Rajasthan, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 22-25 February, 1984.
7, 3/95, 24, 0/7: East Zone vs North Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 January, 1984.
1/102, 0, 0: East Zone vs West Indies, 3-Day match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 3-5 December, 1983.
31, 3/158, 15: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 27-29 November, 1983.
31, 0/15, 1, 2/27: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 22-24 November, 1983.
1/16, 2, 0/1: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 17-19 November, 1983.
2/101, 12, 5: Odisha vs Bombay, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal match, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, 11-13 February, 1983.
7, 3/75, 16: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, ERD Stadium, Asansol, 23-25 December, 1982.
6/121, 22: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 17-19 December, 1982.
3/16, 24, 0/8, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, DAS Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh, 10-12 December, 1982.
10, 1/68, DNB: East Zone vs England XI, Three-day match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 8-10 January, 1982.
2/34, 1, 8: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Khalikote College Ground, Berhampur, 18-19 December, 1981.
1/7, 12, 0/36, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 11-13 December, 1981.
4/50, 37, 2/48, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 5-7 December, 1981.
79, 1/32, 1*, 1/17: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 11-13 December, 1980.
1/67, 16, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 5-7 December, 1980.
28, 1/93, 48: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 21-23 November, 1980.
2, 2/62, 0, 0/14: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 2-4 December, 1979.
3/42, 0, 1/27, 8: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 27-29 November, 1979.
1/7, 0, 1/21, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 22-24 November, 1979.
0/7, 2, 0: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 9-11 December, 1978.
12, 0/1, 1, 0/5: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 2-4 December, 1978.
10: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, DSA Outdoor Stadium, Dibrugarh, 26-28 November, 1978.
8, 27: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 22-24 December, 1977.
31, 63: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 16-18 December, 1977.
6, 19: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 10-12 December, 1977.

DETAILS OF LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
3/52, 4: Orissa vs Wills XI, Wills Trophy Quarterfinal match at Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, Feb 8, 1984
3, 0/21: East Zone vs South Zone, Deodhar Trophy Quarterfinal match at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Solapur, Feb 2, 1984
3/63, 0: East Zone vs North Zone, Deodhar Trophy Quarterfinal match at Barabati Stadium, Solapur, Nov 2, 198

DETAILS OF MISCELLANEOUS PERFORMANCE:
22, 0/10, 4: Orissa vs Bengal, East Zone CK Nayudu Trophy mach at Guwahati, 14-16 October, 1977.
0, 0/3: Orissa vs Assam, East Zone CK Nayudu Trophy mach at Guwahati, 7-9 October, 1977.
33, 20: Orissa vs Bengal, East Zone CK Nayudu Trophy mach at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 10-12 November, 1974.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Appointed member of Senior Men Selection Committee of Odisha Cricket Association on 26 November, 2020.
*     Led Odisha in six First-class and one List-A matches between 1983 and 1985.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 9 March, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 November, 2020