Odisha Cricket Association
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SportCricket
JurisdictionOdisha
AbbreviationOCA
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)[1]
AffiliationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
HeadquartersBarabati Stadium
LocationCuttack
PresidentPranab Prakash Das
SecretarySanjay Behera[2][3]
CoachWasim Jaffer
Other key staff17
Official website
www.odishacricket.in
India

Odisha Cricket Association (abbreviated OCA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Odisha state of India and the Odisha cricket team. It was formed in 1949[1] and was made into an independent registered body in 1961.[4] Its headquarters is located in the Cuttack Barabati Stadium Complex.[5] It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The OCA started a state-level Twenty-20 tournament, Odisha Premier League (OPL) in the lines of Indian Premier League in 2011.

OCA manages the famous Barabati Stadium and has got infrastructures and facilities like Odisha cricket academy, newly built Sachin Tendulkar Indoor cricket hall and OCA Club complex and many grounds like DRIEMS cricket stadium, Ravenshaw university ground, SCB medical ground, Nimpur ground, Basundhara (Bidanasi) ground, Sunshine Ground, etc.

Office bearers

Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of OCA:[6]

Presidents Tenure
Harekrushna Mahatab 14 July 1949 – 25 July 1976
Bhairab Chandra Mohanty 25 July 1976 – July 1980
George Patnaik 25 July 1976 – 4 September 1983
B. K. Biswal 4 September 1983 – 31 January 1986
R. Behera 31 January 1986 – 30 March 1991
Ranendra Pratap Swain 30 March 1991 – 30 June 1996
A. N. Pradhan 30 June 1996 – 25 June 2000
Pramod Kumar Mishra 25 June 2000 – 12 September 2004
Ranjib Biswal 12 September 2004 – 2 January 2017
Pankaj Lochan Mohanty 27 September 2019 – August 2022
Pranab Prakash Das 25 October 2022 – present

Secretaries

The following is a list of secretaries of OCA:[6]

Secretaries Tenure
S. K. Biswas July 1949 – 25 April 1955
P. V. R. Murty 25 April 1955 – 19 March 1961
Bhairab Chandra Mohanty 19 March 1961 – 25 May 1976
Bibhuti Bhusan Das 25 May 1976 – 25 June 2000
Asirbad Behera 25 June 2000 – 2 January 2017
Dhiren Pallai (OCA Working Committee Chairman) 5 February 2017 – 27 September 2019
Sanjay Behera 27 September 2019 – present

Grounds

The following is a list of cricket grounds of OCA used for national and state tournaments.[7] Grounds hosting international matches in bold.

Ground Venue
Barabati Stadium Cuttack
DRIEMS Ground Cuttack
Nimpur Sports Ground Cuttack
Bidanasi Ground Cuttack
Sunshine Ground Cuttack
Ravenshaw University Ground Cuttack
KIIT Cricket Ground Bhubaneswar
Vikash Ground (BBSR) Bhubaneswar
Vikash Ground (BRG) Bargarh
Veer Surendra Sai Stadium Sambalpur
Gandhi Stadium Balangir

References

  1. ^ a b History of Odisha Cricket Association. Odisha Cricket Association
  2. ^ "OCA Election: Ashirbad's son Sanjay Behera elected Secretary". Reporters Today. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Sanjay Behera Elected Odisha Cricket Association Secretary". Odisha Television Ltd. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ Mishra, Samiran (6 July 2021). "East Zone Vs Marleybone Cricket Club: Story Of Barabati Stadium's First Ever International Match". Sambad.
  5. ^ Arihant Experts (4 June 2019). Know Your State Odisha. Arihant Publications India limited. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-93-131-9327-2.
  6. ^ a b "History of Odisha Cricket Association". Odisha Cricket Association. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Grounds". Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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