FULL NAME: Pragyan Prayash Ojha
NICK NAME: Pinku and Bablu
BORN: September 5, 1986 at Unit-3, Bhubaneswar.
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Karabi
FAMILY: Son of Maheswar Ojha and Bidyutlata Ojha, Pragyan has one younger son (Pratik Pratyush) and wife Karabi.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 62, Janpath, Unit-3, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Kateni, Kantabada, P/s Chandaka, Dist Khurda, Odisha.
HYDERABAD ADDRESS: Hakimpet, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Plus Three commerce
PROFESSION: Employee of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
TYPE OF PLAYER:Left-hand lower-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Venkatapathi Raju
HOME CLUB: Saheed Sporting (Bhubaneswar), Deccan Chargers (Hyderabad).
PLAYING CAREER: Playing first class cricket since 2004.

OVERALL CAREER STATISTICS:

First Class Debut: Hyderabad vs Railways at Delhi, 18-20 March 2005.
Last First-Class: Bihar vs Uttarakhand at Dehradun, 1-2 November 2018.
List-A Debut: Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu at Secunderabad, 13 Feb 2006.
Last List-A: Bihar vs Arunachal at Nadiad, 28 September 2018.
T20 Debut: Hyderabad vs Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 4, 2007.
Last T20: Hyderabad vs Andhra at Visakhapatnam, 12 January 2018.
Test Debut: India vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur, 24-27 Nov 2009.
Last Test: India vs West Indies at Wankheda, Mumbai 14-16 Nov 2013.
ODI Debut: India vs Bangladest at Karachi, 28 June 2008.
Last ODI: India vs Sri Lanka at Hambantota, 24 July 2012.
T20I Debut: India vs Bangladesh at Nottingham, 6 June 2009.
Last T20I: India vs Zimbabwe at Harare, 13 June 2010.

CAREER PERFORMANCE:

BATTING AND FIELDING:
FIRST CLASS: 108 matches, 139 innings, 45 not outs, 848 runs, highest 51, average 9.02, fifties 1, catches 35.
LIST-A: 103 matches, 63 innings, 29 not outs, 281 runs, highest 20, average 8.26, catches 31.
TWENTY20: 142 matches, 38 innings, 20 not outs, total runs 75, highest 11 not out, average 4.16, catches 21.
TEST: 24 matches, 27 innings, 17 not outs, total 89 runs, highest score 18 not out, average 8.90, catches 10.
ODI: 18 matches, 10 innings, 8 not outs, total 46 runs, highest score 16 not out, average 23.00, catches 7.
T20 INTERNATIONALS: 6 matches, 1 innings, 1 not out, total 10 runs, highest 10 not out, one catch.

BOWLING:
FIRST CLASS: Matches 108, balls 25,330, total runs 12,130, wickets 424, best 7/58, average 28.60, five wickets 23 times, 10 wickets 3 times.
LIST-A: Matches 103, innings 100, balls 5337, runs 4190, wickets 123, best 5/19, average 34.06, five wickets 3 times.
TWENTY20: Matches 142, innings 139, balls 2897, runs 3492, wickets 156, best 4/15, average 22.38, four wickets once.
TEST: Matches 24, innings 48, balls 7633, runs 3420, wickets 113, best in an innings 6/47, best in a match 10/89, average 30.26, 5 wickets 7 times, 10 wickets once.
ODIS: Matches 18, innings 17, balls 876, runs 652, wickets 21, best 4/38, average 31.04, four wickets in a match once.
T20 INTERNATIONALS: Matches 6, innings 6, balls 128, runs 132, wickets 10, best 4/21, average 13.20, four wickets in a match once.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Elevated to the post of chairman in the BCCI Senior Mens Selection Committee on 19 October 2026.
*     On 28 September 2025, the BCCI inducted him as a member in the Mens Selection Committee from South Zone.
*     Suffered personal loss as her grandmother Dulla Devi Ojha passed away at the age of 78 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on March 27, 2014.
*     Represented India A, India Red and India Under-19 teams.
*     In his second season, Ojha finished 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.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 August 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 19 October 2026