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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Govinda Poddar<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Govinda Bhakti Ranjan Poddar<br />
| nickname = Uttam<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|9|9|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rourkela]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| heightm = 1.78<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]<br />
| role = <br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]], [[Odisha cricket team|Eastzone]], [[Odisha cricket team|India Red]], [[Odisha cricket team|India A]], [[Odisha cricket team|Board President XI]], [[Odisha cricket team|CAG India]]<br />
| year1 = 2009–present<br />
| clubnumber1 =<br />
| columns = 3<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 71<br />
| runs1 = 3,423<br />
| bat avg1 = 31.11<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 7/16<br />
| top score1 = 225<br />
| deliveries1 = 4,333<br />
| wickets1 = 43<br />
| bowl avg1 = 57.93<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/102<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 48/–<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches2 = 52<br />
| runs2 = 1,680<br />
| bat avg2 = 36.52<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 3/12<br />
| top score2 = 136<br />
| deliveries2 = 1,120<br />
| wickets2 = 22<br />
| bowl avg2 = 39.18<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 4/27<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 16/–<br />
| column3 = [[Twenty20 cricket|T20]]<br />
| matches3 = 40<br />
| runs3 = 1084<br />
| bat avg3 = 30.11<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 0/7<br />
| top score3 = 64<br />
| deliveries3 = 333<br />
| wickets3 = 16<br />
| bowl avg3 = 23.12<br />
| fivefor3 = 0<br />
| tenfor3 = 0<br />
| best bowling3 = 3/7<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 13/–<br />
| date = 8th July<br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/390734.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Govinda Bhaktiranjan Poddar''' (born 9 September 1991) is an Indian [[cricket]]er. Poddar is a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who also bowls right-arm [[off break]]. He has played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] and [[List A cricket]] for [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]], [[East Zone]] and [[India A]]. Govinda Poddar is one of those rare cricketers to have scored a hundred on his first class debut. It happened against Baroda in November 2010. And List A debut against Tripura in 2009. Since then he has been a regular in the Odisha Ranji Trophy side. He is very prolific and consistent batsman throughout and across all format for Odisha. This man from Rourkela (Sundergarh) was handed over the captaincy for the shorter formats at the start of 2016 and then took over captaincy for the 2016-17 Ranji season. Odisha had a dream run as they made it to the quarter-finals of the tourney after 15 years. He represented India Red after scoring tons of run in Vijay Hazare trophy 2016-17. He also represented India Board President XI against Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/390734.html|title=Player profile: Govinda Poddar|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=28 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was the leading run-scorer for Odisha for several years starting from 2011 and continuing across all the format. Eye catching in the year [[2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy]], with 359 runs in six matches. He was ranked 8 in the top 10 list of highest runs scorer of India in Vijay Hazare trophy 2016-17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11523;team=2039;type=tournament |title=Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Odisha: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref> <br />
Now he is married to his nursery schoolmate childhood friend and his long time lover Bandita Sahu.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1991 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Odisha cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:East Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Rourkela]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Odisha]]</div>ImportMaster