Niranjan Behera is a right-handed batsman of the Orissa cricket team. He was born on May 2, 1984 in Cuttack, Orissa. He has also played for the East Zone cricket team and India Green cricket team. He is also popularly known as `Niru`.

This right-arm offbreak bowler of the Orissa cricket team started his "First-class" cricket career in 2002/03. Till then, Niranjan Behera has played in altogether 32 "First-class" matches in his cricket career with an average of 30.66. His total scorecard reading in these matches is 1288 runs, which includes 1 century and 11 half-centuries. The highest score made by Niranjan Behera in any of the "First-class" matches is 103 runs and his striking rate is 38.49. Vishal Bhatia, P Ojha, Sangram Singh, Gagandeep Singh and Yogesh Golwalkar dismissed him mostly in these matches.

While in bowling, Niranjan Behera has picked up total 27 wickets by losing 698 runs out of the 2607 balls he played in the "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 25.85 and economy is 1.60. He dismissed Ajay Kudva and Nikhil Rathod mostly in these matches. The latest "First-class" match played by Niranjan Behera was against North Zone cricket team, which was held at Rajkot from February 11 to 14 in 2008.

In the "List A" matches, Niranjan Behera debuted in 1999/00. He has played in overall 28 "List A" matches till then in his cricket career with an average of 27.00. He has made his total score of 567 runs in these matches, which includes 4 half-centuries. The maximum score of Niranjan Behera in any of the "List A" matches is 90 runs and his striking rate is 66.62. Shahid Khan dismissed him mostly in these matches.

Whereas with ball in hand, Niranjan Behera has taken total 28 wickets by giving 890 runs out of the 1225 balls he played in the "List A" matches. His bowling average is 31.78 and economy is 4.35 in these matches. He dismissed Tushar Saha, Mohan Jha, Anshuman Raj and Vasanth Saravanan mostly in these matches. Niranjan Behera played his latest "List A" match was against India Red cricket team, which was held at Ahmedabad on October 26 in 2007.

The "Twenty20" cricket debut of Niranjan Behera was against Jharkhand team, which was held at Kolkata on April 3 in 2007. He has played in 8 "Twenty20" matches in his cricket career till today with an average of 28.12. His total score in these matches is 225 runs, which includes 2 half-centuries, 27 fours and 2 sixes. The highest score of Niranjan Behera in any of the "Twenty20" matches is 55 runs and his striking rate is 117.18. Tushar Saha, Rohan Gavaskar, Ashraf Makda, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar and Saurav Bhagwati dismissed him mostly in these matches.

Again in bowling, Niranjan Behera has picked up total 12 wickets by losing 184 runs from 174 balls he played in the "Twenty20" matches. His bowling average is 15.33 and economy is 6.34 in these matches. He dismissed Subal Chowdhury, Rajib Saha, Shreyas Khanolkar, Santosh Lal, Abu Nachim, Jay Desai, Balachandra Akhil, Rajib Dutta, Gorrela Shankar Rao, Amit Pagnis, Raj Yadav and Mrigen Talukdar mostly in these matches. The latest "Twenty20" match played by Niranjan Behera was against Punjab team, which was held at Mumbai on April 19 in 2007.