Pragyan Ojha

Pragyan Ojha Biography

•Full Name- Pragyan Ojha
•Born- 5th September 1986
•Age- 26
•Debut(Tests)-24th October 2009 V/s Sri Lanka
•Debut(ODI)- 28th June 2008 V/s Bangladesh
•Debut (T20)- Bangladesh v India at Nottingham, Jun 6, 2009
•Teams Played- India, Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Surrey
•Batting  style – Left Handed
•Bowling  Discipline- Slow left Arm orthodox
•Role- Bowling

Pragyan Ojha has been able to make an impact in all matches that he has played be it domestic, Country and county cricket. He has always maintained his spirit and has directed his efforts towards achieving the best and the most optimal performances that has stood out. Apart from that rookie bowler has been an inherit ant of spin tradition of the great Spin bowlers of India and can be invariably called the bowler who actually makes the bowl dance on the turf. Another feature of Ojha’s bowling is his ability to take wickets and make those vital breakthroughs.

EARLY LIFE- Pragyan Ojha schooled at the prestigious DAV Public School at Chandreshkarpur till he became part of the Hyderabad Cricket team. From a young age itself the player proved his promise with his ability to flight the ball. He stared with many performance after he was selected in to the state team. Playing in his first Ranji Trophy of 2006-07 took 29 wickets from six games at a miserly average of 19.89. He attributed that he was deeply inspired by former India spin bowler Venkatapathy Rajuand his senior team mate Anil Kumble.

CAREER- His performances earned him call up in the National squad in the 15th men squad for the Asia Cup. However he received this call up on the back up of superior performances in the IPL which saw him get the purple cap for his performances. The player made a considerable start to his career against Bangladesh scalping a 4/21. He claimed the man of the match for his performance in the particular match. However India failed in the subsequent CWC T20 match against West Indies and he was dropped in favor of the all rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

However made most of the test debut against Sri Lanka and scalped match figures of 4/73 in 28,3 over’s as India won their 100 test match and picked five wickets in the subsequent matches. Despite of his 9 wickets, he was dropped in favor of Amit Mishra. In 2011 the English County Side Surrey signed Pragyan for a season. In the LUV county Championship and took 24 wickets form 4 games. Now for his spirited comebacks Pragyan Ojha made a stunning a stunning comeback into test flannels with 6 for 72 in his first innings.

PERSONAL LIFE- Pragyan Ojha married Karabi Baral on the 17th May, 2010 and the wedding was performed in Oriya traditions and rituals.

Best Performances
•6 for 72 V/s West Indies in New Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla,11 November, 2011
 Best performance and suitably a comeback performance wherein he proved his mettle and the merit of his selection into the Indian squad.

•4 for 38 V/s Sri Lanka at Colombo on Feb 3rd 2009
Undoubtedly Ojha best performance outside the country, he proved his himself in the most best manner. Turning and flighting the ball in the most effective manner Pragyan proved he can make the ball talk.

• 4/21 against Bangladesh on the 6th June,2009
His first T20 game and he did not waste any time but mad an impression with his stylish bowling skills. In T20 cricket no opponent is weak for feeble and as such this is a noteworthy performance.

STASTICS

TEST
Matches-16
Innings-17
Runs-74
Average-14.80
Strike rate-19.78
50/100-0/0
Catches-6
N/o- 12
Best- 18*

Bowling
Matches-16
innings- 32
Wickets-75
average-31.82
Economy-2.75
Best- 6/47

ODI
Matches-18
Innings-10
Runs-46
Average-23
Strike rate-41.07
50/100-0/0
Catches-7
N/o- 8
Best- 16*

Bowling
Matches-18
innings- 17
Wickets-21
average-31.04
Economy-4.46
Best- 4/38

T20
Matches-6
Innings-1
Runs-10
Average-
Strike rate-166.6
50/100-0/0
Catches-1
N/o- 1
Best- 10*

Bowling
Matches-6
innings- 6
Wickets-10
average-13.20
Economy-6.28
Best- 4/21