Ranjib Biswal

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Ranjib Biswal
Born	(1970-09-21) 21 September 1970 Jagatsinghpur, Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Cricketer, Politician
Title	Chairman, NCA
Spouse(s)	Anita Mohanty

Ranjib Biswal (born 21 September 1970 in Jagatsinghpur,Tirtol Odisha) is a former Indian cricketer and the current chairman of Indian Premier League. He played domestic cricket for the Odisha. He represented India in Under-19 cricket, captaining the side against Pakistan in 4 test matches played in India.

After retiring from domestic cricket in 1997, Ranjib Biswal has become an administrator and was made a member of the selection committee (representing East Zone) in 2005^[1] under Kiran More. In 2006, when the committee was re-formed under Dilip Vengsarkar, Ranjib Biswal was retained for an additional term in 2006.^[2]

In 2006, Ranjib Biswal was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager along with D Dongoankar for the IND tour of WI - 2006.^[3] He is presently Chairman of National Cricket Academy (NCA)^[4] and President of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).In 2013, Biswal was selected as the chairman of IPL after Rajeev Shukla quit the post amid controversies regarding spot fixing in IPL.

Ranjib Biswal is the son of the Odisha politician - Late Basant Kumar Biswal. He is married to Anita Mohanty.

References

External links

Cricinfo Website - Player Page

v t e Rajya Sabha Members from Odisha

BJD (7)	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo Baishnab Charan Parida Dilip Tirkey Kalpataru Das Rabinarayan Mohapatra Sarojini Hembram Shashi Bhusan Behera

Congress (1)	Ranjib Biswal

Independent (2)	A V Swamy Pyarimohan Mohapatra

Former Members	Baijayant Panda Balbir Punj Bhagirathi Majhi Biju Patnaik Chhatrapal Singh Lodha Dilip Ray Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mangala Kisan Nandini Satpathy Nilamani Routray Pramila Bohidar Rabi Ray Radhakant Nayak Ranganath Misra Renubala Pradhan Rudra Narayan Pany S. R. Bommai Surendra Lath Sushila Tiriya

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Name	Biswal, Ranjib
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Short description	Indian cricketer
Date of birth	21 September 1970
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