Naman Ojha Explained

Naman Ojha
Fullname:Naman Vinayakumar Ojha
Birth Date:20 July 1983
Birth Place:Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper batsman
International:true
Internationalspan:2010–2015
Country:India
Onetest:true
Testdebutdate:28 August
Testdebutyear:2015
Testdebutagainst:Sri Lanka
Testcap:285
Oneodi:true
Odidebutdate:5 June
Odidebutyear:2010
Odidebutagainst:Sri Lanka
Odicap:186
Odishirt:30
T20idebutdate:12 June
T20idebutyear:2010
T20idebutagainst:Zimbabwe
T20icap:32
Lastt20idate:13 June
Lastt20iyear:2010
Lastt20iagainst:Zimbabwe
Club1:Madhya Pradesh
Clubnumber1:30
Club2:Rajasthan Royals
Year2:2009–2010
Clubnumber2:30
Club3:Delhi Daredevils
Year3:2011–2013
Clubnumber3:30
Club4:Sunrisers Hyderabad
Year4:2014–2017
Clubnumber4:53
Club5:Delhi Daredevils
Year5:2018
Clubnumber5:48
Club6:India Legends
Year6:2021
Columns:4
Hidedeliveries:true
Column1:Test
Column2:ODI
Column3:T20I
Column4:FC
Matches1:1
Matches2:1
Matches3:2
Matches4:146
Runs1:56
Runs2:1
Runs3:12
Runs4:9,753
Bat Avg1:28.00
Bat Avg2:1.00
Bat Avg3:6.00
Bat Avg4:41.67
100S/50S1:0/0
100S/50S2:0/0
100S/50S3:0/0
100S/50S4:22/55
Top Score1:35
Top Score2:1
Top Score3:10
Top Score4:219
Catches/Stumpings1:4/1
Catches/Stumpings2:0/1
Catches/Stumpings3:0/0
Catches/Stumpings4:417/54
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32102.html ESPNcricinfo
Date:15 February
Year:2021

Naman Vinaykumar Ojha (born 20 July 1983) is an Indian former cricketer. He made his Test debut for India against Sri Lanka on 28 August 2015.[1] He retired from all formats of cricket on 15 February 2021.[2]

Naman Ojha was named as the captain of the India A team, which took part in the two unofficial 'Tests' and a four-nation one-day tournament, in Australia in 2016. During Australia tour with India A team in 2014 he struck a double hundred and a hundred in a four-day match.[3]

A capable top-order batsman and wicketkeeper, Ojha made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh in 2000–01.[4]

He represented Rajasthan Royals in the 2009 Indian Premier League in South Africa.[5] He opened the batting for the Rajasthan Royals and played some important innings. He scored two half centuries and hit 11 sixes in the tournament. He also plays for Indore in Madhya Pradesh T20 League.

In July 2014, playing for India A in an unofficial test, Naman scored an unbeaten 219 that included 29 boundaries and 8 sixes at Brisbane.In June 2016, in his next tour to Australia representing India A, Naman was named the captain.[6]

Domestic career

Ojha made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh in 2000/01. He has tasted success in the limited-overs format and in the 2008/09 Challenger Trophy scored 96 for India Green.

Rajasthan Royals came calling during the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and in his second game smashed a half-century.

In November 2013, Ojha hit the tenth century of his first-class career in Madhya Pradesh's first innings against Bengal. This was Ojha's first fifty-plus score in 13 innings.

The last time he had hit a fifty-plus score in first-class cricket was also against Bengal in the last season when he was stumped on 99.

In March 2014, Ojha scored 94 nearly guided Madhya Pradesh to victory, but tight bowling from Railways resulted in MP falling eight runs short.

Ojha scored unbeaten 65 guided Central Zone to a win in a tricky chase against East Zone in the quarterfinals of the Deodhar Trophy.

In 2014 IPL auctions, he was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a fee of 83 lakhs Indian rupees. Sunrisers Hyderabad had been searching for an Indian batsman to support their big-name top order and he had 79 off 36.

Sandeep Sharma's medium pace enabled him to drive Sunrisers Hyderabad past the 200-mark. The 26 runs that came in the 19th over meant Sandeep's 1 for 65 became the joint second-worst figures in IPL.

In his 100th first-class match Ojha scored hundred in both innings while playing for India A against Australia A at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, in July 2014. He scored a double century in the first innings and added 122 runs with Nos. 10 and 11, whose combined contributions to those two partnerships was 11 runs, before India A declared on 9 for 475. Naman's unbeaten 219 came off 250 balls, with 29 fours and eight sixes. After reaching his 100, he scored 119 runs in 114 balls.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction.[7]

International career

Ojha's senior debut came when he was included as a back-up wicket-keeper in the T20I side for India's 2010 tour of Zimbabwe and an ODI Tri-series on the same tour, when the selectors decided to rest several senior players including wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.[8] His Test debut came at the age of 32, in August 2015, in the third Test of India's tour of Sri Lanka, after wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha had to sit out due to a hamstring injury. Ojha finished the Test with 56 runs, four catches and one stumping.[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: India tour of Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 28-Sep 1, 2015 . ESPNcricinfo . 28 August 2015. 28 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Naman Ojha retires from all formats of the game . ESPNcricinfo . 15 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Naman Ojha to lead India A team in Australia. 25 June 2016. 31 October 2018.
  4. Web site: I am amongst the Top Wicketkeepers of India, Says Naman Ojha . 4 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513083608/http://www.cricket360.com/2192-i-am-amongst-the-top-wicketkeepers-of-india-says-naman-ojha.html . 13 May 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: Naman Ojha to join Rajasthan Royals. rediff.com. 31 October 2018.
  6. Web site: Naman Ojha to lead India A in Australia . ESPNcricinfo . 25 June 2016. 25 June 2016.
  7. Web site: List of sold and unsold players . 27 January 2018 . ESPNcricinfo.
  8. News: Raina to lead India in Zimbabwe. 4 September 2015. ESPNcricinfo. 9 May 2015.
  9. News: Ugra. Sharda. Ojha's time to 'relax' before Test debut. 4 September 2015. ESPNcricinfo. 26 August 2015.
  10. News: Ugra. Sharda. The Ashwin show, and Ishant's second wind. 4 September 2015. ESPNcricinfo. 2 September 2015.