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: 2004-05
LAST FIRST CLASS MATCH: India vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Nov 24-27, 2009.
LIST-A DEBUT: Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu at Secunderabad, Feb 13, 2006.
LAST LIST-A MATCH: Hyderabad vs Karnataka at Visakhapatnam, Feb 16, 2009.
TWENTY20 DEBUT: Hyderabad vs Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 4, 2007.
LAST TWENTY20 MATCH: Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad & Tobago at Hyderabad, Oct 14, 2009.
TEST DEBUT: Vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Nov 24-27, 2009.
ODI DEBUT: Vs Bangladesh at Karachi, June 28, 2008.
LAST ODI: Vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), Feb 5, 2009.
T20 INTERNATIONAL DEBUT: Vs Bangladesh at Nottingham, June 6, 2009.
LAST T20 INTERNATIONAL: Vs West Indies at Lords, June 12, 2009.

CAREER PERFORMANCE:

BATTING AND FIELDING:
FIRST CLASS: 36 matches, 49 innings, 16 not outs, 331 runs, highest 35, average 10.03, catches 16.
LIST-A: 44 matches, 25 innings, 13 not outs, 116 runs, highest 20, average 9.66, catches 16.
TWENTY20: 38 matches, 12 innings, 6 not outs, total 19 runs, highest 11 not out, average 3.16, catches 7.
TEST: 1 match, 1 innings, 1 not out, total 1 run, highest score 1 not out, catches 2.
ODI: 9 matches, 4 innings, 3 not outs, total 27 runs, highest score 16 not out, average 27.00, catches 5.
T20 INTERNATIONALS: 3 matches, one catch.

BOWLING:
FIRST CLASS: 36 matches, 1327 overs, total 3759 runs, 140 wickets, best 7/114, average 26.85, economy 2.83, five wickets 9 times.
LIST-A: 44 matches, 43 innings, 378 overs, total 1659 runs, 56 wickets, best 5/21, average 29.62, economy 4.38, five wickets once.
TWENTY20: 38 matches, 37 innings, 139 overs, total 878 runs, 49 wickets, best 4/21, average 17.91, economy 6.77, strike rate 15.8, four wickets once.
TEST: 1 match, 2 innings, 38 overs, total 73 runs, 4 wickets, best in an innings 2/36, best in a match 4/73, average 18.25, economy 1.89, strike rate 57.7.
ODIS: 9 matches, 9 innings, 80 ovres, 336 runs, 12 wickets, best 4/38, average 28.00, economy 4.20, strike rate 40.0, four wickets in a match once.
T20 INTERNATIONALS: 3 matches, 3 innings, 11 overs, 68 runs, 7 wickets, best 4/21, average 9.71, economy 6.18, strike rate 9.4, four wickets in a match once.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     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: 1 October 2025