Odisha Cricket Association (abbreviated OCA) is the governing body for cricket activities in the Odisha state of India and the Odisha cricket team. It was formed in 1949 and was made into an independent registered body in 1961. Its headquarters is located in the Cuttack Barabati Stadium Complex. 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:
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 Prabhat Kumar Misra 25 June 2000 – 12 September 2004 Ranjib Biswal 12 September 2004 – 2 January 2017 Pankaj Lochan Mohanty 27 September 2019 – 27 October 2022 Pranab Prakash Das 28 October 2022 – 29 December 2024Pankaj Lochan Mohanty 29 December 2024 – 15 February 2025 (acting) 15 February 2025 – present
Secretaries The following is a list of secretaries of OCA:
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 5 February 2017 – 27 September 2019 (OCA Working Committee) Sanjay Behera 27 September 2019 – present
Domestic tournament
Grounds The following is a list of cricket grounds of OCA used for national and state tournaments. 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
External links OCA official site Odisha Cricnewzz