Odisha Premier League
Logo of the Odisha Premier League
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| Countries | India |
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| Administrator | OCA |
| Headquarters | Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First tournament | 2011 |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin and Knockout |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champion | 2011-Western SamuraiRourkela |
| Most successful | Western Samurai Rourkela(1 Title) |
| Most runs |
Subit Biswal (351, Jagatsinghpur Spark) |
| Most wickets |
Bibhudutta Panda (17, Katak Barabati Tigers) |
| Website | Odisha Premiere League |
 2011 Odisha Premier League
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Subit Biswal
Bibhudutta Panda
Odisha Premier League (OPL) (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରିମିଅର ଲିଗ) was initiated by Odisha Cricket Association (OCA), Cuttack, India in line of Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has fixed the base price of each team at Rs 4 lakh. The last date for putting the bidding papers was fixed on 9 May and the bidding process would start from May13.
The semifinal and final matches are scheduled at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack where the rest matches will be held at Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Brahmapur, Keonjhar, Angul, Jharsuguda, Puri and Kendrapada.
Noted Oriya film star Anubhav Mohanty was made the brand ambassador of Odisha Premier League (OPL) T20 cricket tournament.
The owners of the teams would be allowed to purchase at least 20 players, ten of whom shall be from the selected venues and its adjacent areas. The OCA has identified a total of 341 graded players for the OPL tournament to be conducted for the first time from 22 May to 12 June.
These players have been divided into five grades according to their ranking and experience. Among them, 50 players of State Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy (One-day) and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T-20) teams have been given Grade A. Fifteen players of the State under-22 team have been placed in Grade B. Grade C has been constituted with 34 under-19 and 20 former State cricketers.
Forty players belonging to State under-16 teams have been put in Grade D. And as many as 182 players belonging to 34 catchment areas of different teams have been placed in Grade E. They include 16 from Bhubaneswar; 11 each from Cuttack and Rourkela; nine from Kendrapada, eight each from Jajpur and Puri and seven each from Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Angul, Baleswar, Deogarh, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur.
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