Sukanta Khatua is a right-handed batsman of the Orissa Cricket team. He was born on September 25, 1979. He is also a right-arm medium pace bowler of the team.

Sukanta Khatua started playing in the "First-class" cricket against Goa team, which was held at Margao from November 23 to 26 in 2005. Till then, he has played in altogether 10 "First-class" matches with an average of 6.82. He has made his total score of 75 runs in these matches. The highest score made by Sukanta Khatua in any of the "First-class" matches is 35 runs and his striking rate is 31.9. Yalaka Ganeswara Rao, Piyush Chawla, Jolly Jobanputra, Gorrela Shankar Rao, Shivakant Shukla and Pritam Das dismissed him mostly in these matches. While in bowling, Sukanta Khatua has picked up total 25 wickets by losing 781 runs out of the 1595 balls he played in the "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 31.24 and economy rate is 2.94 in these matches. He dismissed Arshad Bhatt, Agam Pandit, Paras Dogra, Vikramjeet Singh Malik, Rahat Elahi, Amir Khan, K Saikia, Pritam Das, Parvez Aziz, Majid Dar, Mandar Phadke mostly in these matches.

In the "List A" matches, Sukanta Khatua debuted in 2004-05. He has played in overall 2 "List A" matches in his cricket career till today with an average of 5.00. He has scored total 5 runs in these matches and his striking rate is 83.33. His highest score in any of the "List A" matches is also 5 runs. Nilesh Kulkarni dismissed him mostly in these matches. With ball in hand, Sukanta Khatua has taken total 2 wickets by giving 113 runs out of the 108 balls he played in the "List A" matches. He has played in overall 3 "List A" matches till today with an average of 9.00. His total score in these matches is 9 runs, which includes 1 four. The highest score of him in any of the "List A" matches is 5 runs and his striking rate is 75.00. He dismissed Wasim Jaffer and Amol Mazumdar mostly in these matches.

The "Twenty20" cricket debut of Sukanta Khatua was against Gujarat team, which was held at Mumbai on April 15 in 2007. He has played in 3 "Twenty20" matches till today in his cricket career with an average of 9.00. His total scorecard reading in these matches is 9 runs, which includes 1 four. The maximums score of Sukanta Khatua in any of the "Twenty20" matches is 5 runs and his striking rate is 75.00. Again in bowling, Sukanta Khatua has captured only 1 wicket and has lost 66 runs out of the 54 balls he played in the "Twenty20" matches. His bowling average is 66.00 and economy is 7.33 in these matches. The latest "Twenty20" match of Sukanta Khatua was played against Karnataka team, which was held at Mumbai on April 18 in 2007.