Odisha Premier League

The inaugural season of the tournament started on 2011. The final was played in Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha. Every team played each other both at home and away in a round-robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Western samurai, defeated Barabati Tigers in a thriller and emerged as the inaugural OPL champions.

Play-Off

The second edition of the Odisha Premier League (OPL) has been cancelled this year following lack of enthusiasm on part of the franchise owners.

After the long wait of cricket fans of Odisha, the OPL-II will start with some new rules and regulations with 8 teams with their new name. OPL-II will be unveiled with an entertainment-packed ceremony at the floodhit Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 1 May. Following the gala opening ceremony of the second edition of OPL, matches will commence at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Veer Surendra Sai Stadium Sambalpur

• Altogether eight teams will compete in the OPL-II.
• Teams have been divided into two groups

Barabati, Dhauli, Baitarani, Subarnarekha are in Group-A
Konark, Chilika, Mahanadi, Rushikulya are in Group-B.

• Group-A matches will be played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, while Group-B matches will take place at Veer Surendra Sai Stadium, Sambalpur.
• At both the venues, the first match will be played from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm and second from 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm.
• Arrangements have been made for live telecast of OPL matches by national and local TV Channels.
• The OPL-II will involve a total of 176 players, who have been placed in five grades.
• There will be 32 players each in Grade A, B, C; 40 in Grade D and 24 in Grade E.
• Payment for graded players has been fixed as Grade-A: Rs 50,000, Grade-B Rs 40,000, Grade-C Rs 30,000, Grade-D Rs 20,000 and Grade-E Rs 10,000.
• Teams will play matches on double-league basis after being divided into two groups and the top two teams from each group will qualify for semifinals.
• Both the semifinals and the final will be played at Barabati Stadium.
• The champions of OPL-II will get cash a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs, while the runners-up will take home Rs 2 lakhs.
• The third-placed team will be richer by Rs 1 Lakh, while the Man of the Tournament will pocket Rs 25,000.

Jagatsinghpur Kalinga is winner of 2020 Odisha Premier League. In final Jagatsinghpur Kalinga beat Bhubaneswar Bouncers by 3 wickets. First Bhubaneswar Bouncers won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 146/8 in 18 overs. In batting second Jagatsinghpur scored 147/7 in 17 overs.