Odisha Premier League

Odisha Premier League (OPL) () was initiated by Orissa Cricket Association (OCA), Cuttack, India in line of Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) has fixed the base price of each team at Rs 4 lakh. The last date for putting the bidding papers was fixed on May 9 and the bidding process would start from May13.

The semifinal and final matches are scheduled at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack where the rest matches will be held at Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Brahmapur, Keonjhar, Angul, Jharsuguda, Puri and Kendrapada.

Noted Oriya film star Anubhav Mohanty was made the brand ambassador of Odisha Premier League (OPL) T20 cricket tournament.

The owners of the teams would be allowed to purchase at least 20 players, ten of whom shall be from the selected venues and its adjacent areas. The OCA has identified a total of 341 graded players for the OPL tournament to be conducted for the first time from May 22 to June 12.

These players have been divided into five grades according to their ranking and experience. Among them, 50 players of State Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy (One-day) and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T-20) teams have been given Grade A. Fifteen players of the State under-22 team have been placed in Grade B. Grade C has been constituted with 34 under-19 and 20 former State cricketers.

Forty players belonging to State under-16 teams have been put in Grade D. And as many as 182 players belonging to 34 catchment areas of different teams have been placed in Grade E. They include 16 from Bhubaneswar; 11 each from Cuttack and Rourkela; nine from Kendrapada, eight each from Jajpur and Puri and seven each from Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Angul, Baleswar, Deogarh, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur.

While six are from Bhadrak; five each are from Bolangir, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Paradeep. Four each are from Dhenkanal and Keonjhar; three each from Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Malkangiri and Phulbani; two each from Bargarh, East Coast Railway, Khurda, Nabarangpur and Rayagada and one each from Boudh and Nuapada.

The base price of players has been fixed at `60,000 for Grade A, `40,000 for Grade B, `30,000 for Grade C, `20,000 for Grade D and `10,000 for Grade E.

The 10 city teams are based on Rourkela, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Baleswar, Puri, Brahmapur, Angul while Sambalpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda and Kendrapada found no bidder.

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External links

• opl.co.in
• Tathya.in
• OPL Schedule
• Yahoo News
• Daily Pioneer
• OPL Points Table
• Orissacricket.org
• OPL News
• List of OPL Players
• AmaOdisha
• Orissaspider.com
• News FullOrissa
• [http://cricketfresh.in/.../odisha-premiere-league-opl-cricket-tournament-on-radio-choklate-orissa-sports-news Cricketfresh]

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