pragyan ojha Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
pragyan ojha is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Pragyan Prayash Ojha
Born
September 05, 1986, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 24 | 18 | 6 | 92 |
Inn | 27 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
Runs | 89 | 46 | 10 | 16 |
Avg | 8.9 | 23.0 | 0.0 | 1.33 |
SR | 18.05 | 41.07 | 166.67 | 35.56 |
HS | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
NO | 17 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
6s | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 24 | 18 | 6 | 92 |
Inn | 48 | 17 | 6 | 90 |
Balls | 7633 | 876 | 126 | 1899 |
Runs | 3420 | 652 | 132 | 2332 |
Wkt | 113 | 21 | 10 | 89 |
BBI | 47 / 6 | 38 / 4 | 21 / 4 | 11 / 4 |
BBM | 89 / 10 | 38 / 4 | 21 / 4 | 11 / 4 |
Eco | 2.69 | 4.47 | 6.29 | 7.37 |
Avg | 30.27 | 31.05 | 13.2 | 26.2 |
5W | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Bihar
- Deccan Chargers
- Hyderabad (India)
- India A
- India Maharajas
- India Red
- India Under-19s
- Mumbai Indians
- South Zone
- Surrey
- Texas Chargers
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
After an impressive track record with the Under-19s, he made his Ranji debut against Railways, in 2004-05, picking up a five-for against them. However, it was only in the 2006-07 season that Ojha matured and became a serious contender for a place in the Indian squad.
Ojha was burdened with more responsibility and he started the season with 6/84 against Maharashtra, a game his coach reckons was the turning point of his career. He finished with 29 wickets from 6 games at the end of the league season at an average of 19.89. Ojha worked hard on his fitness, sweating it out in the gym to get rid of his baby fat. He spent countless hours in the nets, marking a spot and trying to land every ball on it. The hard work paid off as he scalped 8 wickets against a touring South African A in November 2007, a side which included the likes of Hashim Amla, Boeta Dippenaar, Ashwell Prince and Justin Ontong.
After a good campaign for the Deccan Chargers in IPL 2008, where he picked up 11 wickets from 13 games, Ojha was rewarded with a call-up to the national team, making his debut in the Asia Cup. Some good performances in that tournament ensured that he was included in the 16-man squad for the Sri Lanka series.
He didn't play a Test on that tour but performed admirably in the few ODIs he played. He had a superb season with Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009, picking up 18 wickets at 19.33 before being included in the squad for the home series against Sri Lanka in 2009.
However, Pragyan Ojha the Test match bowler is more popular than the ODI bowler. With Harbhajan Singh under pressure to keep his spot in the side, Ojha was preferred to others for national selection. He has been a consistent performer for India in the longer format of the game and has partnered well with off spinner R Ashwin, especially in home Tests. In 10 Test matches in the 2011/2012 season, he took five wickets or more nine times. He was also the highest wicket taker for India with 20 wickets in the 1-2 series loss to England, but unfortunately lost his place to Ravindra Jadeja in the very next series against Australia at home in 2013, as India needed to strengthen the batting department. He was, however, selected for the 3rd and 4th Test and picked up 7 wickets. India won both the games quite comfortably and Ojha supported other bowlers well with his economical spells.
Ojha was also impressive when West Indies toured India for 2 Tests in November 2013. He kept things tight in the first Test at Kolkata. He was brilliant in the second Test at Mumbai; he was adjudged the Man of the Match for his first ten-wicket haul in Tests. Mumbai Indians bought Ojha in the fifth edition of the IPL for a fairly huge sum of USD 80,000. He has been an integral part of the side since then.
Ojha has never been considered for selection for overseas tours where the wickets are seamer-friendly and hence was not selected for India's tours of South Africa and New Zealand. He was bought back by Mumbai Indians in the 2014 IPL auctions after a tough competition.
Interesting fact: Ojha was the 800th and final Test victim of Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket taker in Test history.
by Cricbuzz Staff
As of March 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Probably the front-runner among India's upcoming left-arm spinners, Pragyan Ojha has converted the promise he showed at age-group levels to first-class level too. For good measure, he improved markedly in his second season, ending up among the top 10 bowlers by the end of the league stage of the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, with 29 wickets at 19.89 in six games for Hyderabad. Consistent performances on a twin tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya earned him another shot with India A, against South Africa at home, and he took eight wickets in an innings victory in Delhi.
It wasn't long before Ojha earned his ODI call-up, for the tri-series in Bangladesh and the Asia Cup in Pakistan, in June 2008, after a successful turn-out for the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League. He debuted against Bangladesh and made an impact with an absolute ripper of a delivery which foxed Raqibul Hasan to claim his maiden wicket. It was a while later before he actually made his debut in the five-day game, when Sri Lanka came over for a return series, and Ojha did not do too badly at all in his first game. He has started to form a successful partnership with R Ashwin in Tests, taking 20 wickets in the 2011 home Tests against West Indies and 13 the following year against New Zealand.
ESPNcricinfo Staff