• Sudhakar kumar Shahi (spl.correspondent)

A salient Feature of total development programme for cricket in Odisha
Vision @ 2024

Cuttack: OCA has already started the restructuring of domestic cricket of our state which will certainly
enhance the player’s strength and will also broad base the game. The following is the details of the
VISION 2024.
In the first step this new domestic cricket will be introduced in all the 32 district units. This will be
introduced only in men’s Cricket. All the districts will ensure it in two modules i.e in Senior & Junior
category.

All the districts will be advised to have at least 10 clubs each in both junior and also in Senior
Category.
In the senior Category all the teams/Clubs must register 15 players in their team and amongst these
15 players they should must register a maximum of 7 (seven) or minimum 6 (six) U-23 players out of
which there should be minimum 4 (four) or maximum 5 (five) U-23 players in the playing 11.
Similarly in the Junior Tournament (U-19) all the teams / clubs should register minimum 15 players
out of which maximum 7 (four) or minimum 4 (four) must be U-16 players and there should be
minimum 2 (two) or maximum 5 (five) U-16 players in the playing eleven.

Registration of Players:-
All the registration of players will be done digitally. The Odisha Cricket Association in association with
IT partner will provide a link (user id) to all the Districts who will register the players of the
participating teams in their respective districts. The documents required for registration of the
players is the same as that of the BCCI. The authorities of the District Athletic Association or District
Cricket Association should ensure that the documents submitted and uploaded in the web portal for
registration is genuine, authentic and valid legal documents, upon the submission of the documents
the OCA will only validate the player’s registration. If any document(s) found to be fake/forged/not
genuine or valid then strict disciplinary action will be taken as per BCCI guidelines. The following
original documents have to be submitted by the Players:
1. Original Birth Certificate issued by Municipality/ N A C/ Registrar of Births
2. Aadhar Card /PASSPORT/DRIVING LICENSE
3. One Recent Color Passport Photograph
Mode of Tournament / League:
In every district there will at least be 10 clubs and they will be divided into two groups, such as each
group will have 5 teams /clubs. All the teams/ clubs in each group will play their matches in single leg
round robin league basis. As such each group will have 10 matches and there will be 20 matches in
each category and the top teams of each group will play in the final match. The same mode will be applicable for both the age categories.
In the intra district level tournament/League all the matches’ data base will be incorporated in the
digital scoring platform and also we would like to inform you that linear scoring will also be there, Sanjay Behera OCA secretary said.