Pragyan Ojha Opens Up About Chucking, Regrets Post Retirement

Former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket has opened up about chucking while going on to add that ‘chucking should be treated as an injury rather than an insult.’

In his career, Ojha played 24 Tests and picked up 113 wickets for Team India.

Despite announcing his retirement from international and first-class cricket, the 33-year-old said he will continue playing at club level and will seek permission from the BCCI, to allow him to play for distinct leagues abroad.

In his recent interview with TOI, the former Indian spinner also revealed that he has no regrets regarding his career. He further hailed former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, for backing bowlers.

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Pragyan Ojha talks chucking and having no regrets post-retirement:

The left-arm leggie opened up candidly about chucking while talking how it would impact a youngster.

He said, “I will tell you very clearly. When I started playing, I developed a few things which were not good for my career. Chucking is something that should be treated like an injury but not as an insult. Because when I heard about it, I was shaken.”

Ojha continued, “But imagine that something like that happened to a 14-15-year-old player. So it should be treated very carefully and handled very sensitively.”

He further added, “With me, the problem was that I was going diagonal and I started running straight. I was back in just 22 days and started playing for Hyderabad again. I played for India ‘A’ as well. So that’s how it went.”

When quizzed he had any regrets about his playing career, Ojha calmly replied that he’s happy with whatever he had achieved.

“There are a few things that are not in your control. Thinking about them will only pull you back. So I am happy that I took over 100 Test wickets. There are many players who deserve to get 100 wickets but have not managed to get them. So I look at the positives rather than dwell on the negatives.”

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