Pragyan Ojha happy to have picked a five-wicket haul – Cricket News Update
Having picked up a five-wicket haul against New Zealand in the first innings of the on-going Test at Bangalore, India’s left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, is delighted with his performance and also praised the rest of the bowling line-up
for complimenting him beautifully.
The spinners played a massive role in India’s success in the first Test at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 and Ojha picking up 18 wickets in the fixture to help their side go 1-0 up in the series.
The visitors however, came out with a positive intent in the second encounter, posting a competitive total of 365 runs on the board, with the help of Ross Taylor’s brilliant ton, who scored 113 runs off just 127 balls.
Ojha remained the pick of the Indian bowlers, grabbing five wickets after giving away 99 runs. The left-arm spinner thinks that all the bowlers played their part to restrict http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 below 400.
During the first session of the match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 would have dismissed the Kiwis to a much lower total if Kohli had not let that chance
go.
"Zak [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379] bowled superbly in his first spell," the left-arm spinner said. "There was one catch dropped, and if that had been taken then it would have been a different story as at that time the pitch was doing a bit. I think
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Ashley-Shaw-c2588 [R Ashwin] and Umesh bowled well too."
Ojha bowled the very first over of the Test, which is not a very common thing for a spinner. However, the cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Orissa-c828 was mentally prepared to do the job. The left-arm spinner revealed that there was some dampness in the
track at the start of the match, which helped the ball grip and spin.
"Dhoni bhai told me before the toss that I will be bowling the first over and I was ready for it. There was some moisture on the wicket in the morning and Dhoni decided to use it to India's advantage by asking me to open the attack,"
he added.
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