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Bhubaneswar: Seven players will make their debut in the senior team of Odisha for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket Tournament, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru from December 24, 2025, to January 18, 2026.

Chairperson of the Odisha Senior Men’s Selection Committee Sourajit Mohapatra officially announced the 16-member squad to be led by all-rounder Biplab Samantaray with pace bowler Rajesh Mohanty as his deputy for the first three matches on Monday.

The new faces in the Odisha lineup are Om T Munde, Dinesh Kumar Majhi, Sambit Baral, Soumya Ranjan Lenka, Anil Parida, Badal Biswal, and Sayed Tufayl Ahamad, signaling a blend of youth and experience as the state aims to make an impact.

Odisha features in Elite Group D, a competitive eight-team pool that includes Saurashtra, Services, Andhra, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, and Railways. The top two teams from each of the four elite groups will advance directly to the quarterfinals after this knockout stage of India’s premier domestic 50-over tournament.

ODISHA SENIOR MEN TEAM: Shantanu Mishra, Swastik Samal, Om T Munde, Dinesh Kumar Majhi (wk), Aashirwad Swain (wk), Biplab Samantaray (c), Prayash Kumar Singh, Sambit Baral, Rajesh Mohanty, Debabrata Pradha, Soumya Ranjan Lenka, Anil Parida, Sandeep Pattanaik, Badal Biswal, Govinda Poddar, Sayed Tufayl Ahamad.

Stand-by: Subham Satrujit, Rajesh Dhupar, Pradeep Pradhan, Sambit Beja, Kartik Biswal, Prasanta Rana, Tarani Sa, Sumit Sharma.

FIXTURE:
Dec 24, 2025: Odisha vs Saurashtra, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Dec 26, 2025: Odisha vs Services, Alur Cricket Stadium III, Bengaluru
Dec 29, 2025: Odisha vs Andhra, Alur Cricket Stadium, Bengaluru
Dec 31, 2025: Odisha vs Delhi, Alur Cricket Stadium III, Bengaluru
Jan 3, 2026: Odisha vs Haryana, Alur Cricket Stadium II, Bengaluru
Jan 6, 2026: Odisha vs Gujarat. M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Jan 8, 2026: Odisha vs Railways, Alur Cricket Stadium, Bengaluru