Former India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who recently announced his retirement from international career, wants to play in the T20 Leagues abroad and for this, he will seek BCCI permission for this. Ojha had announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket last week on Friday.
“There are few things in my mind. I have been doing commentary and I am with the BCCI. I will take advise from the BCCI whether I can go and play in some leagues outside India but (only) if I get a permission. I need to talk to BCCI and let’s see what happens,” Ojha told reporters.
Pragyan Ojha played most of his games under the charismatic MS Dhoni and he termed him the “bowler’s captain.”
“He (Dhoni) was bowler’s captain. I strongly believe that a bowler should have a captain who understands him. A lot of bowlers praise Dhoni because of the dimensions he gives you, things that he helps you with like placing the field, keeping your mind clear and those are important when you play high-intensity games,” he said, while also lauding his Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma.
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In the early stage of his career, he used to have a successful spin partnership with R Ashwin in Tests, taking 20 wickets way back in 2011 at home against West Indies and 13 the following year against New Zealand. Moreover, he gave an example of Shahbaz Nadeem and said there were many opportunities for left-arm spinners and it is just one needs to work hard and has to be consistent.
“How many (left-arm) spinners are there in our country who are ready to go and play. A maximum of four or five, so there is lot of gap. If you work hard and consistently perform in domestic cricket, you will be will be rewarded. Look at Nadeem, he has played well and end of the day he got a chance, he is now a Test cricketer,” he said.
However, Ojha was banned for a long period after his action was found to be illegal but he returned after a few days.
“Chucking is something which should be treated like an injury not like an insult, because when I heard about it, I was shaken. Imagine a 15-16 year old guy, so it (chucking) should be taken very carefully and they (the authorities) should be very sensitive in the way they are dealing with those boys,” he shared. “I was back in just 22 days and began playing for Hyderabad again. I played for India ‘A’ as well. So that’s how it went.”
