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The left-arm Indian spinner, Pragyan Ojha, has credited his remarkable performance against West Indies in the recently concluded home Test series to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 Tendulkar, who had helped him out with some tips ahead of the series.
The 25-year-old left-arm Orthodox bowler from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 series.
"Sachin always gives you that energy on the field,” revealed Ojha while talking to the media reporters on Sunday. “He advises me all the finer points like how to deceive a batsman. How to deceive in flight... His tips have helped me in getting at least 10-15
Test wickets," he added further.
Since Harbhajan Singh’s axe from the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 cricket team, Ojha is considered as the Test specialist and the most experienced bowler in the contemporary Indian camp.
Ojha reckoned the Test series against West Indies as a great comeback to the International cricket and hoped carrying his good form going forward. He said that even when he was not making the Indian squads, he never had a negative feeling and was always
hopeful of making a comeback to the national side.
"It was a very important series and a great comeback for me. The important thing was I could contribute to the team's win and played a major role. I knew it would be a very important series for me in a crucial phase of my career," he said.
"I did not play international cricket for about one year. But I never had that negative feeling. I always stayed positive which resulted in this performance," he added further.
The Orissa spinner made his International cricket debut in June 2008 with a match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 at Karachi, and went on to play 16 One Day Internationals claiming 20 wickets. However, with time he established himself as a promising Test bowler and has
62 wickets in his name from just 14 Test appearances.
In the recently concluded Test series against West Indies, he was the second highest wicket taker with 20 wickets from six innings at an average of 22.50.
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