Full Name

Debasis Sarbeswar Mohanty

Born

July 20, 1976, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Age

47y 243d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Bowler

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)

Debasis Mohanty Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2443023944/784/15059.753.33107.5100
ODIs454419961662574/564/5629.154.9935.0100
FC117-22053877841710/46-21.052.3852.8-193
List A129-602442951605/225/2226.844.2737.6610
T20s8816318392/242/2420.336.7318.1000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests21100*-80.00000000
ODIs451162818*5.605749.120010100
FC1171564215539713.62--05--470
List A1295626218227.26--00--260
T20s83012124.001675.00001010
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Recent Matches of Debasis Mohanty

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Orissa vs Haryana2 & 02/29 & 0/1915-Dec-2010RohtakFC
Orissa vs Himachal--2/48 & 0/708-Dec-2010CuttackFC
Orissa vs Punjab01/10801-Dec-2010BhubaneswarFC
Orissa vs Karnataka9 & 142/7824-Nov-2010BengaluruFC
Orissa vs UP40 & 23/3710-Nov-2010LucknowFC

Photos of Debasis Mohanty

Basanth Mohanty and Debasis Mohanty claimed six wickets between them
Debasis Mohanty in his follow through
Mohanty makes a vociferous lbw appeal against Chanderpaul
Sodhi and Mohanty cheer the dismissal of Marlon Samuels
Mohanty is delighted as Hinds knocks him into Sodhi at cover
Debasish Mohanty enjoys a tender coconut