FULL NAME: Sanjay Kumar Satpathy
NICK NAME: Mitu
BORN: April 15, 1979 (Source: cricketarchive.com); 15 April, 1978 (Source: Facebook)
FAMILY: Father (Late Anam Satpathy), Mother (Basanti Satpathy), Wife (Swapna Upadhyaya), Brother (Bijay Satpathy) and Sister (Harapriya Tripathy).
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: At/PO: Rupadeipur, PS: Balanga, Dist: Puri, Orissa, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
CONTACT NUMBERS: 9438100200 (Mob), 06758-25966 (Res).
E-MAIL: sanjayonline2000@yahoo.co.in
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Arts graduate. Earlier studied at DM School.
PROFESSION: Employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) since August 2003. Currently posted at Bhubaneswar. Earlier, worked in Railways from 1998 to 20003.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-arm off-break bowler and right-hand batsman
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Kishore Mania
HOME CLUB: Pragati Sporting

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 63 First-Class, 33 List-A and 51 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from season 1992-93 to 2007-08.
*     The 63 First-Class matches featured 60 for Orissa in Ranji Trophy, 2 for East Zone in Duleep Trophy and 1 for India-A against New Zealand.
*     The 33 List-A matches included 32 for Orissa in Ranji Trophy One-Day Tournament and 1 for East Zone in Deodhar Trophy Tournament.
*     The 51 Miscellaneous matches featured 8 in Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 Tournament, 3 in Vijay Hazare Trophy U-16 Tournament, 18 in Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Tournament, 9 in CK Nayudu Trophy U-19 Tournament, 1 in MA Chidambaram Trophy U-19 Tournament, 9 in Moin-d-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament and 3 in Buchi Babu Invitation Tournament.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 63 matches, 79 innings, 8 not outs, total 944 runs, highest score 60 n.o, average 13.29, two half-centuries, 31 catches.
Bowling: 63 matches, 2,146 overs, 5786 runs, 208 wickets, best bowling in an innings 6/64, average 27.81, 5 wickets in an innings 9 times, 10 wickets in a match once.

OVERALL LIST-A PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 33 matches, 17 innings, 5 not outs, total 155 runs, highest scores 31 n.o, average 12.91, 11 catches.
Bowling: 33 matches, 277 overs, 1,068 runs, 41 wickets, best bowling 5/36, average 26.04, five wickets in a match once.

AWARDS/HONOURS:
*    Best spinner of India Award from MAC Spin Foundation at Chennai in 1998.
*    Cricketer of the Year Award from the Directorate of Sports, Government of Orissa in 1999.
*    Maruti Estate Saheed Sporting Cricketer of the Year Award in 1999-2000.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*    On August 30, 2009 Orissa Cricket Association banned him for one year from all types of official cricket on charges of giving `false and baseless` statements to the media against OCA officials.
*     Married civil engineer Swapna Upadhyaya at Bhubaneswar on February 24, 2011.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 3 March, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 19 September, 2020