Suresh Raina, Debasis Mohanty Named Brand Ambassadors of Odisha T20 League

Bhubaneswar: Former India cricketers Suresh Raina and Debasis Mohanty have been named brand ambassadors of the Odisha T20 League 2026 – CM Trophy, ahead of the second edition of the state’s premier T20 cricket tournament.

The league is scheduled to be played from September 20 to 29 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, with six franchises set to compete for the championship.

The six participating teams are Bhubaneswar Tigers, Puri Titans, Keonjhar Miners, Rourkela Superstars, Sambalpur Warriors and Cuttack Panthers.

Defending champions Cuttack Panthers will return to the tournament looking to retain their title, while the remaining five teams will aim to dethrone the reigning champions and claim the trophy this season.

The association of Raina and Mohanty is expected to add further visibility to the tournament and boost its appeal among cricket fans across the state.

With the squads finalised and the tournament schedule in place, the second edition of the Odisha T20 League is set for an action-packed nine-day competition at Barabati Stadium.

Complete Squads

Bhubaneswar Tigers- Head Coach Subit Biswal, Assistant Coach Bibhudatta Panda

Squad: Swastik Samal (C), Rajesh Mohanty, Shreyansh Bhardwaj, Badal Biswal, Ashutosh Chhuria, Sambit Beja, MD Sohail Khan, Dinesh Kumar Majhi, Gyana Ranjan Nayak, Rudra Prasad Mallick, Janam Jay Jena, Swayambhu Palai, Ritesh Priyaranjan, Rakesh Pattanaik, Umesh Kumar, Goutam, Shashikant Yadav

Puri Titans-

Head Coach- Preetamjit Das, Assistant Coach- Ashish Savita,

Full Squad: Aditya Rout (C),nihar B Bhuyan, Deepak Tiwari, Sreeyanshu, Pattnaik, Ayush Sutar, Swayam Srivastava, Chandeep Riar, Anil Parida, Krishna Mohanty, Sunil Roul, Panakala Sasanka, Aditya Anand, Sumit Sharma, Aashirwad Swain, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Tarani Sa

Keonjhar Miners-

Head Coach- Suryakant Pradhan, Assistant Coach- Girija Rout

Full Squad: Rajesh Dhupar, Subhransu Senapati (C), Debabrata Pradhan, Jamala Mohapatra, Sujal Singh, Prayash Kumar Singh, Vageesh Sharma, Ayush Barik, Vimal Kumar, Jogeswar Bag, Swagat Sourav Mishra, Arnab Patnaik, Mayank Pattanayak, Kshyama Sagar Bal, Rakesh Biswal, Soyanshu Pattanayak

Rourkela Superstars-

Coach- Sanjay Raul, Assistant Coach- Prashant Sahoo

Full Squad: Govinda Poddar (C), Sambit Baral, Sawan Pahariya, Biswajeet, Pradhan, Asutosh Marndi, Pappu Roy, Sandeep Pattanaik, Bivash Shaw, Akash Mohapatra, Subham Priyadarshi, Prayan Samal, Sobhan Dev, Behera, Dibyam Chhapadia, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Soubhagya Rout, Omkar Mohanty

Sambalpur Warriors- Head Coach- Basant Mohanty, Assistant Coach- Rakesh Mohanty

Full Squad: Gaurav Choudhury (C), Swoop Samith Bhuyan, Bikram Kishor, Samal, Ankit Yadav, Debabrata Pradhan Jr, Mahesh Sahoo, Baibhab, Mohanty, Sarthak Panda, Panakala Mokshit, Shantanu Mishra, MD Danish, Saideep Mohapatra, Pradeep Pradhan, Sayed Tufayl Ahmad, Om T Munde, Soumya Ranjan Lenka

Cuttack Panthers-

Head Coach- Pravanjan Mullick, Assistant Coach- Deepak Mangaraj

Full Squad: Biplab Samantaray (C), D Ayush, M Goutam Gopal, Soumya Ranjan Biswal, Sibun Nanda, Abhiroop Das, Sarthak S Prakash, Subhasis Mallick, Raaz Yadav, Priyansu Mohanty, Piyus Mantri, Abhishek Singh, Prasant Rana, Kartik Biswal, Sourav Gouda, Subham Satrujit