Cuttack, Nov 19: Four new faces have been named in the 18-member Orissa Ranji Trophy squad for this season and the selectors have brought back Sanjay Raul as captain of the team. The team, being coached by former Indian pacer Balwinder Singh Sandhu, will play its first match here in the plate division against Goa from November 23.
The new faces are wicket keeper Nayan Mohanty, medium pacer Deepak Magaraj, left arm spinner Srikant Jena and leg spinner C S Kanungo.
Dashing batsman Pravanjan Mallick has been appointed vice-captain of the team, announced for the first two matches, which will miss the services of opening batsman Shiv Sundar Das, chosen captain of the India A team.
Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) sources said that all rounder P Jayachandra and medium pacer Ajay Barik were not included in the team as they were unfit. Barik would require about two weeks to fully recover, they said.
Also missing from the side is left arm spinner Satya Ranjan Satpathy while batsman Rashmi Ranjan Das has been included.
The team:
Sanjay Raul (Capt), Pravanjan Mallick (Vice-Capt), B B C C Mohapatra, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Niranjan Behera, Subit Biswal, Subrat Behera, Rashmi Ranjan Das, Sukhwinder Singh (Wk), Nayan Mohanty (Wk), Debasis Mohanty, Bipin Singh, Sujan Mohanty, Deepak Mangaraj, Sanjay Satpathy, Prabhat Nayak, C S Kanungo, Srikant Jena.
Coach-cum-manager: Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

Bureau Report