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Parida appointment stokes optimism for troubled Odisha

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Parida, tenth leading run-scorer in Ranji Trophy, has been appointed Odisha's coach.
Parida, tenth leading run-scorer in Ranji Trophy, has been appointed Odisha's coach. © Getty

A couple of households from Odisha's cricket circle - Mohantys and Paridas - were brimming with joy in the space of just a few hours across Friday and Saturday. Households that had known each other for a long time with the proud duo having represented the state during its glorious years. On Friday, when the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators appointed the former India fast bowler Debasis Mohanty to India's junior selection committee as a replacement for his ex-India teammate Venkatesh Prasad, it essentially meant that the former would not be able to hold any position at his state cricket team. Mohanty had earlier served as the coach of Odisha cricket team from 2011 to 2017, during which the team scaled its first quarterfinal spot in 16 years. After the team went through a disastrous season last year under the supervision of former India Test opener Shiv Sunder Das, unable to win a single game, the top job fell in Mohanty's cradle again. However with the latest appointment, Odisha Cricket Association's working committee turned to Rashmi Ranjan Parida to take over the mantle.

Mohanty and Parida were a part of that 2000-01 team that saw the then Orissa team through to its only semifinal in Ranji Trophy. While that's the closest Mohanty got to the silverware both as a player and head coach, Parida managed to win it twice as a professional with Rajasthan, named the Man of the Final on the first occasion.

Parida, unarguably the most successful batsman the state has produced, was already a part of Odisha's coaching setup since last playing for Himachal Pradesh in the 2014-15 season. He straddled between the batting coach's role to, till this new appointment, serving as a selector in the senior selection committee. "I honestly haven't had the time to think about this new position at all, I got to know of it today, perhaps a little before you guys came to know of it. I will surely get down to creating a roadmap for the team but right now, I am quite blank," Parida, who is among the top ten run-getters in the history of Ranji Trophy, told Cricbuzz.

Odisha's domestic season will kick off with the Vijay Hazare Trophy starting in three weeks' time, which leaves Parida with even lesser time to chalk out a plan and get the boys to sync with his ideas. The 41-year-old believes that with the one-day competition being played ahead of the four-day format, it will be a challenge for him to spot the talent. "Generally, days cricket provides a better view of the cricketers and as the longish tournament goes on, we tend to zero down on the boys who we want in the one-day unit. Now, with the one-dayers scheduled ahead, we would need to ensure handing opportunities to new talent and at the same time, make the right combinations."

With the Indian domestic season set to host a record number of matches, thanks to the inclusion of all the North-Eastern states, the teams will be on the road for a longer duration than usual. Parida is quick to identify that and aims to build a strong pool of cricketers, for both his playing eleven and bench strength. He strongly believes that this long season will test the fitness of the cricketers and that his pool of players should be good enough to take the field whenever an opportunity comes calling.

While Parida will bring in new ideas onto the table, it will be difficult to dodge past the rustiness the players had found themselves in, both last year and this year. Due to the long standing imbroglio between the state board, BCCI and the Lodha Panel recommendations, OCA hasn't received any funds from its parent body. The team which generally starts its preparatory camp some time in May before taking part in several inter-district and inter-club tournaments to invitational tournaments in Pune, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, could only play a handful of practice games before taking the field in last year's Ranji Trophy. The challenges are the same this year as well.

Amid all this, the newly appointed head coach has called for more professionalism from his players. "I'll look to work on the attitude of the players to begin with. Every player will need to know his role in the team and what is expected of him. This is a state team and it has to play like one. Play to win - this mentality is something I want to ingrain in the boys. We should not be taking the field as mere participants, but with a belief that we can win games."

Often in the past, the team has been accused of callousness. While Parida admits he's yet to work on a definitive plan, he believes it's never too late to start cultivating a fresh culture. "We cannot take our positions for granted. I shall be accountable for their performances in the future, same goes for them. Every year we come up with some individual performance or the other, it's time we identify those first and then figure out why it couldn't push the team towards a positive result. Like I said, there's little turnaround time in such a long season, we will have to identify issues, address them and look to win - all on the go."

As much as Parida is excited to get on with the job at hand, he's equally thrilled to be teaming up with skipper Govinda Poddar. It is easy to confuse between the two personalities - Poddar is known for his impeccable grit and outgoing attitude apart from his fine batsmanship, while Parida, throughout the conversation, spoke on the same wavelength as the Odisha skipper - of aiming to be a serious opposition on the field, of punching above their weight, of doing well as a team. "It's unfortunate that Poddar hasn't been noticed on the national circuit. I have been following him closely for the last three years and he's been incredible for our team.

"I can clearly remember one such knock against Karnataka, Odisha were bowled out for 250-odd [232] and Poddar scored 153 of those. It was a damp wicket where we were put in to bat, it is one of the best innings I have seen on the circuit. And I am extremely keen to be working with him, it's very important for the captain and the coach to be on the same page and share the same mentality."

Parida's appointment couldn't have come at a better time for Odisha cricket. Amid scoring bucketful of runs for Odisha first and then Rajasthan, Parida established himself as a man who could dare himself out of the comfort zone and test his mettle. In the past many years, Odisha cricket too has slipped into a similar comfort zone where the achievements, albeit rare, have been held onto for far too long. The question now remains if Parida, this time as a coach, can challenge his team to break that inertia.

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