▁right - hand ed ▁b ats man ▁who ▁also ▁bow ls ▁right - arm ▁off ▁break . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁played ▁first - class ▁and ▁List ▁A ▁cr icket ▁for ▁Od ish a . ▁He ▁has ▁scored ▁three ▁hundreds ▁in ▁the ▁current ▁season ▁against ▁Vid har ba , ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁and ▁K arn ata ka . ▁G ov inda ▁Pod dar ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁rare ▁cr ick eters ▁to ▁have ▁scored ▁a ▁hundred ▁on ▁his ▁first ▁class ▁debut . ▁It ▁happened ▁against ▁Bar oda ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Since ▁then ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁regular ▁in ▁the ▁Od ish a ▁Ran ji ▁Tro phy ▁side . ▁This ▁man ▁from ▁R our k ela ▁was ▁handed ▁over ▁the ▁captain cy ▁for ▁the ▁shorter ▁formats ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁and ▁then ▁took ▁over ▁captain cy ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 - 1 7 ▁Ran ji ▁season . ▁Od ish a ▁had ▁a ▁dream ▁run ▁as ▁they ▁made ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁of ▁the ▁tour ney ▁and ▁eventually ▁lost ▁to ▁Gu jar at . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁leading ▁run - sc orer ▁for ▁Od ish a ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 – 1 9 ▁V ij ay ▁Haz are ▁Tro phy , ▁with ▁ 3 5 9 ▁runs ▁in ▁six ▁matches . ▁Now ▁he ▁is ▁married ▁to ▁his ▁school mate ▁and ▁his ▁long ▁time ▁lo ver ▁Band ita ▁Sah u , ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁law