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	\| bowling = [[~~Left-arm orthodox spin\|~~Slow left arm orthodox]]		\| bowling = [[Slow left arm orthodox]]
	\| role = [[Bowler (cricket)\|Bowler]]		\| role = [[Bowler (cricket)\|Bowler]]
	\| international = true		\| international = true
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	\| club5 = [[Bengal cricket team\|Bengal]]		\| club5 = [[Bengal cricket team\|Bengal]]
	\| year5 = 2015/~~16-2016~~/17		\| year5 = 2015/16–2016/17
	\| clubnumber5 =		\| clubnumber5 =
	\|club6 = [[Bihar cricket team\|Bihar]]		\|club6 = [[Bihar cricket team\|Bihar]]
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	\| column1 = [[Test cricket\|~~Tests~~]]		\| column1 = [[Test cricket\|Test]]
	\| column2 = [[ODI cricket\|~~ODIs~~]]		\| column2 = [[ODI cricket\|ODI]]
	\| column3 = [[T20 International\|~~T20Is~~]]		\| column3 = [[T20 International\|T20I]]
	\| column4 = [[First-class cricket\|FC]]		\| column4 = [[First-class cricket\|FC]]
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	\| top score1 = 18*		\| top score1 = 18[[not out\|*]]
	\| top score2 = 16*		\| top score2 = 16[[not out\|*]]
	\| top score3 = 10*		\| top score3 = 10[[not out\|*]]
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{cricinfo\|~~ref~~=~~india/content/player/~~32130~~.html~~}}		* {{cricinfo\|id=32130}}
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050640/http://www.wisdenindia.com/player/India/Pragyan-Ojha/3397.html Pragyan Ojha]'s profile page on Wisden		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050640/http://www.wisdenindia.com/player/India/Pragyan-Ojha/3397.html Pragyan Ojha]'s profile page on Wisden
	* {{cricketarchive\|ref=Archive/Players/75/75691/75691.html}}

	{{India Squad 2010 Asia Cup}}		{{India Squad 2010 Asia Cup}}

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{{short description|was an Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Short description|former Indian cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Pragyan Ojha
| image = File:PragyanOjha .jpg
| fullname = Pragyan Ojha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|9|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bhubaneshwar]], [[Odisha]], India
| heightm = 1.83
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left arm orthodox]]
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2008–2013
| country = India
| testdebutdate = 24 November
| testdebutyear = 2009
| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| testcap = 261
| lasttestdate = 14 November
| lasttestyear = 2013
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| odidebutdate = 28 June
| odidebutyear = 2008
| odidebutagainst = Bangladesh
| odicap = 174
| lastodidate = 24 July
| lastodiyear = 2012
| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
| odishirt =
| T20Idebutdate = 6 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2009
| T20Idebutagainst = Bangladesh
| T20Icap = 29
| lastT20Idate = 13 June
| lastT20Iyear = 2010
| lastT20Iagainst = Zimbabwe
| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| year1 = 2004/05–2015/16
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Deccan Chargers]]
| year2 = 2008–2011
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Mumbai Indians]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.ipl-schedule.net/pragyan-ojha-transfers-to-mumbai-indians/|title=Pragyan Ojha transfers to Mumbai Indians from Deccan Chargers|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322130600/http://www.ipl-schedule.net/pragyan-ojha-transfers-to-mumbai-indians/|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| year3 = 2012–2015
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year4 = 2011
| clubnumber4 =
| club5 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year5 = 2015/16-2016/17
| clubnumber5 =
|club6 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| year6 = 2018/19
| clubnumber6 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| column2 = [[ODI cricket|ODIs]]
| column3 = [[T20 International|T20Is]]
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 24
| matches2 = 18
| matches3 = 6
| matches4 = 108
| runs1 = 89
| runs2 = 46
| runs3 = 10
| runs4 = 848
| bat avg1 = 8.90
| bat avg2 = 23.00
| bat avg3 = –
| bat avg4 = 9.02
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score1 = 18*
| top score2 = 16*
| top score3 = 10*
| top score4 = 51
| deliveries1 = 7,633
| deliveries2 = 876
| deliveries3 = 126
| deliveries4 = 25,330
| wickets1 = 113
| wickets2 = 21
| wickets3 = 10
| wickets4 = 424
| bowl avg1 = 30.27
| bowl avg2 = 31.05
| bowl avg3 = 13.20
| bowl avg4 = 28.60
| fivefor1 = 7
| fivefor2 = 1
| fivefor3 = 1
| fivefor4 = 23
| tenfor1 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| tenfor4 = 3
| best bowling1 = 6/47
| best bowling2 = 5/3
| best bowling3 = 6/21
| best bowling4 = 7/8
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–
| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
| catches/stumpings4 = 35/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32130.html Cricinfo
| date = 21 February
| year = 2020
}}
'''Pragyan Ojha''' (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian former [[cricket]]er, who represented [[Indian cricket team|India]] in Test, ODIs and T20. He is an attacking [[slow left arm orthodox]] bowler and left-hand tail-ender batsman. He currently plays for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] in the domestic [[Ranji Trophy]] and also has played for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] as a guest player in [[Ranji Trophy]] for couple of seasons (2015/16-2016/17). He has achieved World no 5 as his career best ranking in [[ICC Player Rankings]]. He is the first and one of the two spinners to ever win the [[Purple Cap]] in the [[Indian Premier League]]. He joined [[Bihar cricket team]] as a guest player for 2018/19 season of [[Ranji Trophy]]. He is one of the very few players who have taken more wickets than the runs they have scored in [[Test cricket]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Santlani|first=Amrit|date=2020-02-10|title=Four International Bowlers Who Have More Wickets Than Runs in Test Cricket.He also became the first Indian bowler to have five wicket haul in all three formats of the game.Later Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav broke the record.|url=https://cricketaddictor.com/cricket/four-international-bowlers-more-wickets-than-runs-test-cricket/2/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=CricketAddictor|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
Ojha made his debut in first class cricket in 2004/05 and represented India at the under-19 level as well. He finished the 2006–07 Ranji Trophy season with 29 wickets with an impressive average of 19.89 in just 6 games. The left arm spinner is known for his ability to flight the ball.

His earliest pursuit in cricket was at the age of 10, when he went to Sahid Sporting Club for a summer camp in [[Bhubaneswar]] under Sasang S Das, while studying at [[D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur]]. Three years later, he moved to [[Hyderabad]] and joined [[Bhavan's Sri RamaKrishna Vidyalaya]] in [[Sainikpuri]], [[Secunderabad]] and choose cricket as his profession under the guidance of his coach T Vijay Paul.

Ojha represented Hyderabad Cricket Association in domestic cricket from 2004 till 2015, then played for Cricket Association of Bengal as a guest player for couple of seasons (2015/16-2016/17). He has previously played for [[Deccan Chargers]] and [[Mumbai Indians]] in the Indian Premier League. His high success in the first couple of seasons in domestic cricket and the IPL ensured his selection in the 15-man Indian squad for the Bangladesh tour and Asia Cup in 2008.

He played his first One Day International match against Bangladesh on 28 June 2008 in Karachi and ended up with figures of 2/43.

On 24 November 2009, Ojha made his Test debut in the Second Test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur, replacing [[Amit Mishra]] and gaining figures of 2/37 off 23 overs and 2/36 off of 15.3 overs in India's 100th Test win. He then took five wickets in the Third Test in another innings win for India, taking nine wickets at 28.66 in two Tests. Ojha became the 800th and final Test victim of Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in Test history.

In his T20 debut against Bangladesh on 6 June 2009, he took 4/21 in four overs. He was awarded Man of the Match for his outstanding and match-winning performance.

He has performed exceedingly well in the six editions of IPL, earning him the praise of his captain Adam Gilchrist and Sachin Tendulkar. He was all the more successful in the second season, which ensured his selection in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. IPL 3 he was awarded the Purple Cap for picking up the most wickets in the tournament. He has been part of 3 IPL winning teams (1 for Deccan Chargers & 2 for Mumbai Indians) & 1 champions League for Mumbai Indians.

In August, 2011 he signed to play for Surrey for the final few weeks of the 2011 season.[2] His 24 wickets in 4 games helped Surrey to promotion to Division One of the LV County Championship.

In November, during the First Test of the West Indies Tour of India he staged a marvelous comeback taking 6 wickets for 72 runs in the first innings.

In December, 2014 Ojha was barred from bowling in competitive cricket after his action was found to be illegal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/814113.html | title=Pragyan Ojha banned from bowling | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=27 December 2014 | access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/235183-pragyan-ojha-s-ban-does-not-surprise-sunil-gavaskar | title=Pragyan Ojha's Ban Does Not Surprise Sunil Gavaskar | work=NDTV Sports | date=28 December 2014 | access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> Later on 30 January 2015 Ojha cleared the test and was allowed to resume his bowling.

In a 2008 interview, Ojha said that [[Venkatapathy Raju]], who was also a left-arm spinner, inspired him to play for India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cricketnext.com/news/raju-inspired-me-to-play-for-india-ojha/32071-14.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810234801/http://www.cricketnext.com/news/raju-inspired-me-to-play-for-india-ojha/32071-14.html|archive-date=10 August 2008|title=Raju inspired me to play for India: Ojha|work=cricketnext.com}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2018–19 Ranji Trophy]], he transferred from Hyderabad to [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25132728/list-domestic-transfers-ahead-2018-19-ranji-trophy-season |title=List of domestic transfers ahead of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>

On 21 February 2020, he has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pragyan Ojha announces retirement from all forms of cricket - Sports News |work= India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/india-cricketer-pragyan-ojha-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket-1648625-2020-02-21 |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pragyan Ojha announces retirement from international and first-class cricket |publisher= India TV |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket-pragyan-ojha-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket-591018 |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> He played 48 international matches - 24 Tests, 18 ODIs and 6 T20Is - from 2008 to 2013. In his last game for India, [[West Indian cricket team in India in 2013–14#Second Test|a Test against West Indies in 2013]], which was Sachin Tendulkar's farewell match, he finished with match figures of 10 for 89 and was named the Man of the Match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28747946/pragyan-ojha-announces-retirement-13-year-career |title=Pragyan Ojha announces retirement after 13-year career |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Pragyan was born in [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]. He moved to [[Hyderabad]] at the age of 13 and since then he has been residing there with his family. His parents are Maheswar Ojha (retired State Govt. Officer) and Bidulata Ojha (M.A in Literature).<ref name="Kumar 2020">{{cite web | last=Kumar | first=Solomon S | title=Pragyan Ojha retirement: Former Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha hangs up his boots - Cricket News | website=The Times of India | date=2020-02-21 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/former-indian-left-arm-spinner-pragyan-ojha-hangs-up-his-boots/articleshow/74238057.cms | access-date=2020-08-21}}</ref> On 16 May 2010 he married Karabee Baral, daughter of Kailash Chandra Baral and Chanchala Naik both professors at [[English and Foreign Languages University]].<ref name="Jain 2010">{{cite web | last=Jain | first=Rupam | title='I’m ready for marriage': Pragyan Ojha | website=The Times of India | date=2010-06-10 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/Im-ready-for-marriage-Pragyan-Ojha/articleshow/5934657.cms | access-date=2020-08-21}}</ref>

==Awards==
*Ojha was awarded man of the match in his debut T20 game versus [[Bangladesh]] in '''[[2009 ICC World Twenty20]]''' for a figure of 4/21. [http://m.espncricinfo.com/wt202009/engine/current/match/355994.html] on 6 June 2009
*Ojha was awarded Man of the Match for his outstanding figures of 5/40 and 5/49, against West Indies which was [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2013-14/engine/current/match/676527.html Sachin's last and 200th test match], 14-16 Nov 2013.
*Ojha was awarded '''[https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-best-batsman-ojha-best-bowler-at-ipl-awards-1591475 IPL Jury's Best Bowler]''' at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, [[Mumbai]] on 23 April 2010.
*Odisha's Chief Minister [[Naveen Patnaik]] presented a memento to Ojha for his completion of '''[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ojha-reaches-100wicket-milestone-in-tests/article4541645.ece 100 Test Wickets]''' on 4 August 2013.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=india/content/player/32130.html}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050640/http://www.wisdenindia.com/player/India/Pragyan-Ojha/3397.html Pragyan Ojha]'s profile page on Wisden
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/75/75691/75691.html}}

{{India Squad 2010 Asia Cup}}
{{Hyderabad cricket squad}}

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