Ojha then went to Cuttack where Biswa Bharati Club felicitated him at a function in the evening. Speaking to mediapersons, Ojha said he would work hard to perform well in Tests and cement his place in the National team. Born here, Ojha is the fourth cricketer from Orissa to play either ODI or Test for the country. The previous three included Debasis Mohanty, Shiv Sundar Das and Sanjay Raul. Pragyan``s father Maheswar Ojha regreted having tried to defocus his son``s concentration in cricket while according priority on his studies. Maheswar told reporters that his son had proved him wrong. "I was angry with Pragyan as he often ran to playground instead of concentrating on studies," Maheswar, an Orissa government employee said. He said it was the only reason as to why he sent his son to uncle``s house at Hyderebad. "I thought Pragyan was studying at his uncles``s house. But, in fact, I came to know that along with studies he had been playing cricket with great interest, he said. Maheswar, who admitted that he did not watch cricket matches on television out of anger, said he was "absolutely happy" when he found Pragyan participating in IPL matches. "The boy has changed my idea of cricket," he said adding that he was surprised when Pragyan was selected to team India for Asia Cup matches.