Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview with Crictracker: Former Team India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 21 February 2020. In his career with Team India, Ojha has taken 113 wickets in 24 Tests, 21 in 18 ODIs and 10 in 6 T20s.

After retirement, he is busy with commentary and cricket related activities. Currently, he is playing for Manipal Tigers under the leadership of Harbhajan Singh in the third season of Legends League Cricket.

During this time, he gave an exclusive interview to the CricTracker team in which he discussed many things including his Test debut, Dhoni’s retirement, and seeing Rishabh Pant as the next captain. Let’s see what questions were asked to him in this interview and what answers he gave.

Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview With CricTracker

Q: I hope everything is going well for you in LLC 2024?

Answer: Yes, everything is going well. I am getting a chance to spend time with my old friends and seniors. I am practicing here, playing matches. What can be better than this for a cricketer?

Q: In the future can we see you playing in any other league apart from LLC?

Answer: See, I don’t know. As you know, I have started broadcasting now, and when you play tournaments sometimes you need to be 100% fit. And when you approach 40, fitness becomes very important. You have to plan accordingly.

Q: Virat Kohli set a benchmark for fitness in Indian cricket. Do you think players after him can play for a long time in Test cricket?

Answer: If you talk about the Indian team, 15-20 years ago, 1, 2 or 3 players used to be very fit. Then Virat Kohli came, he established a fitness culture not only for the Indian team but also for domestic cricket, local cricket and club cricket. His influence has been such that now all the new players are becoming fit. Their fitness standards have become very high now. Be it Yo-Yo test or power training, the benchmark of fitness has gone up because of them.

Q: Do you believe that fitness benchmarks have now increased by 20%?

Answer: Yes, absolutely. The fitness level of players has increased by 20% now compared to the standard 10 years ago. For example, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant. These three players will take India a long way.