Pragyan Ojha

Pragyan Ojha
Personal information
Full name
Pragyan Prayash Ojha
Born (1986-09-05) 5 September 1986
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 261)24 November 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last Test14 November 2013 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 174)28 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI24 July 2012 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 29)6 June 2009 v Bangladesh
Last T20I13 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2015/16Hyderabad
2008–2011Deccan Chargers
2012–2015Mumbai Indians
2011Surrey
2015/16–2016/17Bengal
2018/19Bihar
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 24 18 6 108
Runs scored 89 46 10 848
Batting average 8.90 23.00 9.02
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 18* 16* 10* 51
Balls bowled 7,633 876 126 25,330
Wickets 113 21 10 424
Bowling average 30.27 31.05 13.20 28.60
5 wickets in innings 7 1 1 23
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 3
Best bowling 6/47 5/3 4/21 7/8
Catches/stumpings 10/– 7/– 1/– 35/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner2010 Sri Lanka
Runner-up2008 Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2020

Pragyan Ojha (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian former cricketer, who represented India in all forms of cricket. He played as an attacking left-arm orthodox bowler and left-handed tail-ender batsman for Hyderabad. He is one of the very few players who have taken more wickets than the runs they have scored in Test cricket. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2010 Asia Cup. He is the player who got out as the historical 800th Test wicket of Muttiah Muralitharan.