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{{Infobox sport governing body<br />
|name = Odisha Cricket Association<br />
|abbrev = OCA<br />
|logo = OdishaCricketAssociationLogo.png<br />
|sport = [[Cricket]]<br />
|category =<br />
|image = <br />
|caption = yes<br />
|jurisdiction = [[Odisha]]<br />
|founded = <br />
|aff = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]<br />
|affdate =<br />
|region =<br />
|regionyear =<br />
|headquarters = [[Barabati Stadium]]<br />
|location = [[Cuttack]]<br />
|president = Pankaj Luchan Mohanty<br />
|chairman = <br />
|chairperson =<br />
|chair =<br />
|chiefexec =<br />
|secretary = Sanjay Behera<br />
|coach = [[Wasim Jaffer]]<br />
|key staff = 17<br />
|url = www.odishacricket.in<br />
|countryflag = India<br />
}}<br />
'''Odisha Cricket Association''' (abbreviated '''OCA''') is the governing body of the [[Cricket]] activities in the [[Odisha]] state of [[India]] and the [[Odisha cricket team]]. It was formed in the year of 1949 and its headquarters is in Cuttack Barabati Stadium Complex.<ref name="Experts2019">{{cite book|author=Arihant Experts|title=Know Your State Odisha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBrzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|date=4 June 2019|publisher=Arihant Publications India limited|isbn=978-93-131-9327-2|pages=310–}}</ref> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==Secretary==<br />
'''Sanjay Behera''' is the Secretary of Odisha Cricket Association. He is son of former OCA secretary Ashirwad Behera.<ref name="Reporters Today 2019">{{cite web | title=OCA Election: Ashirbad’s son Sanjay Behera elected Secretary | website=Reporters Today | date=September 27, 2019 | url=https://englishnews.reporterstoday.com/oca-election-ashirbads-son-sanjay-behera-elected-secretary/ | access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Odisha Television Ltd. 2019">{{cite web | title=Sanjay Behera Elected Odisha Cricket Association Secretary | website=Odisha Television Ltd. | date=27 September 2019 | url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/sanjay-behera-elected-odisha-cricket-association-secretary-404691 | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.odishacricket.org/ OCA official site]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/Odisha-Cricnewzz-362997107169492/timeline/?ref=br_tf/ Odisha Cricnewzz]<br />
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[[Category:Cricket administration in India]]<br />
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