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Full name Debasis Sarbeswar Mohanty
Born July 20, 1976, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Current age 32 years 79 days
Major teams India,Orissa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
1
1
0
0*
-
8
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
ODIs
45
11
6
28
18*
5.60
57
49.12
0
0
1
0
10
0
First-class
97
127
37
1359
97
15.10
0
5
46
0
List A
119
51
24
178
22
6.59
0
0
23
0
Twenty20
8
3
0
12
12
4.00
16
75.00
0
0
1
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
430
239
4
4/78
4/150
59.75
3.33
107.5
1
0
0
ODIs
45
44
1996
1662
57
4/56
4/56
29.15
4.99
35.0
1
0
0
First-class
97
18285
7399
355
10/46
20.84
2.42
51.5
18
3
List A
119
5544
4011
145
5/22
5/22
27.66
4.34
38.2
4
1
0
Twenty20
8
8
163
183
9
2/24
2/24
20.33
6.73
18.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 9-13, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, Nov 19-23, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 13, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 22, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
East Zone v North Zone at Rajkot, Feb 11-14, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Bengal v Orissa at Guwahati, Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Orissa v Jharkhand at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Orissa v Punjab at Mumbai (BS), Apr 19, 2007 scorecard
Profile
It is never easy for a cricketer from one of the weaker states to break into the national side. And on this count, Debashish Mohanty deserves credit for forcing himself into the Indian team on merit. Another who has come through the India A ranks, Mohanty's bowling impressed coach K Srikkanth who advocated his early inclusion in the senior side. A medium pace bowler capable of achieving quite a
bit of movement in helpful conditions, Mohanty's tragedy has perhaps been the fact that the selectors have not known what exactly to do with him or where to fit him in. In English conditions for example Mohanty would be an obvious choice in the playing eleven. And as he proved in the World Cup, the selectors were right in picking him at the last moment, even though he was not in the original list of probables.
In Indian conditions however, given his bowling style, Mohanty is bound to be less successful, except perhaps at centres like Calcutta and Mohali. He had few chances to cement his place on the tour of Australia where Ajit Agarkar was given more opportunities. But Mohanty was dropped in 2001 and slipped out of the international reckoning, remaining a capable performer wherever conditions help swing bowling.
Partab Ramchand (May 2004)
