By Our Correspondent
CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: With OCA President Pankaj Lochan Mohanty and Secretary Sanjay Behera playing pro-active role, as many as 6 cricketers from Odisha have been nominated by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) for their auction in the Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2021.
OCA headed by both Mohanty and Behera, recommended to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) names of Subhransu Senapati, Rajesh Dhupar, Rajesh Mohanty, Papu Ray, Gourav Choudhury and Tarini Sa for the IPL auction. Subhransu and Gourav have been nominated as batsmen, Mohanty and Tarini as medium pacers and Dhupar and Papu as wicket keeper-batsman and tweaker, respectively.
The 14th edition of the premier league is scheduled to be held between April and May this year while the auction for the same is scheduled in February.Earlier, two players from the State, Biplab Samantray and Haladhar Das, have played the league for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Deccan Chargers, respectively.
