Today is the birthday of former India leg spinner Pragyan Ojha. Today, Pragyan has turned 34 years old. You will all know that Pragyan had a great performance in the early editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL). At the same time, even today, a special record of IPL has been filed in his name, which no one will ever be able to break. In the IPL, fast bowlers are very much liked. In such a situation, 10 times fast bowlers have captured the Purple Cap in 12 seasons so far.
In fact, in the IPL season, the highest wicket-taking bowler is given a Purple Cap, on which twice the spinners have also taken possession. By the way, the first spinner to do so has been Pragyan. Yes, Pragyan represented Deccan Chargers in IPL 2010. It was during that time that he did this amazing work. During that time, he took 21 wickets in 16 matches. 9 years after Pragyan took the Purple Cap, Emraan Tahir of Chennai Super Kings took the Purple Cap to his name with 26 wickets in 17 matches. By the way, it has been Pragyan who is the first spinner to achieve the Purple Cap in IPL history. It can be said that no one can break their record. Though Pragyan has not made any significant contribution in batting, but yes he did make a significant contribution through a bat in a memorable victory in Test cricket.
In fact, in October 2010, India had to score 216 runs in their first Test match played against Australia in Mohali. At that time, after Ishant was dismissed as the ninth wicket after VVS Laxman was at the crease for nearly two hours, India needed 11 runs to win. Pragyan was the last batsman at that time and faced the balls of Ben Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Johnson. He then led the team to victory.
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