IPL playerIndia2008 to 2015
Pragyan Ojha
On scorecards: PP Ojha · Right-hand bat
Pragyan Ojha, a bowler, played eight IPL seasons for two franchises. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Pragyan Ojha was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Deccan Chargers outside the auction.
That first season brought 13 matches, 2 runs and 11 wickets at 7.68 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2010, for Deccan Chargers: 21 wickets at 7.27 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.91, with best figures of 3 for 26. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2009, 2010 and 2013).
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2011, Deccan Chargers. 54 matches and 60 wickets; champions in 2009.
2012 to 2015, Mumbai Indians. Arrived outside the auction. 38 matches and 29 wickets; champions in 2013 and 2015.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Deccan Chargers, 2008 to 2011.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 89 wickets in 1,901 deliveries, at 7.36 runs an over against a league rate of 7.69 for the same seasons: 0.33 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
35.1% of the balls Pragyan Ojha bowled were dots, a higher share than 51% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.3 balls.
The fielding record: 14 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Pragyan Ojha went under the hammer seven times, bought three times and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹3.25 cr, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2014. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2015, cost ₹50 lakh. Unsold in 2015, Pragyan Ojha was bought again in 2015 by Mumbai Indians.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Pragyan Ojha made 92 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2015, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 13 | 2 | 1* | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 11 | 7.68 | 2/18 | 3 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 0/0 | 18 | 6.50 | 3/21 | 2 | 1 | Champions |
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 37.5 | 0/0 | 21 | 7.27 | 3/26 | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Deccan Chargers | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 10 | 7.25 | 3/26 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 28.6 | 0/0 | 9 | 7.29 | 2/17 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 2 | 1* | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 16 | 7.28 | 3/11 | 2 | Champions | |
| 2014 | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.26 | 2/30 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 11.50 | - | 0 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2011
- Mumbai Indians: 2012 to 2015
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 64.4% |
| Balls per four | 45 |
| Balls per six | 45 |
| Dot balls bowled | 35.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.3 |
| Catches | 14 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – | ₹90 lakh | Sold to Deccan Chargers for ₹2.25 cr (US$500k) |
| 2014 | SP1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹3.25 cr |
| 2015 | Spin Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2015 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh |
| 2016 | Spin Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2017 | Spin Bowler | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2018 | Spin Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet