Cuttack: The countdown has well and truly begun. The first ball in the inaugural Odisha Pro T20 League (OPTL) will be delivered in less than 72 hours’ time.

The six franchise teams — Bhubaneswar Tigers, Cuttack Panthers, Keonjhar Miners, Puri Titans, Rourkela Steelers and Sambalpur Warriors – will be captained by the marquee players named earlier.

The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) announced the captains, coaches and assistant coaches of each team.

On Friday, the teams revealed their draft picks and squads for the first season of OPTL, to be held from September 15 to 24.

OCA, which is organising the tournament in association with sports event management company Arivaa Sports, will schedule two matches every day.

The OPTL will be telecast live on Star Sports, while live streaming will be available on Fancode.

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CUTTACK PANTHERS — Captain: Swastik Samal; Head Coach: Pravanjan Mullick; Assistant Coach: Bibhudatta Panda

SAMBALPUR WARRIORS — Captain: Subhranshu Senapati; Head Coach: RR Das; Assistant Coach: Sushil Kumar Mishra

PURI TITANS — Captain: Sandeep PattAnaik; Head Coach: Saurabh Sehgal; Assistant Coach: Deepak Mangaraj

BHUBANESWAR TIGERS — Captain: Suryakant Pradhan; Head Coach: Preetamjeet Das; Asst Coach: KV Prasad

KEONJHAR MINERS — Captain: Govinda Poddar; Head Coach: Sanjay Satapathy; Asst Coach: Shovan Deb

ROURKELA STEELERS — Captain: Aashirwad Swain; Head Coach: Subit Biswal; Asst Coach: Pravat Kumar Nayak.