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Left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha will play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL5). Earlier he was the part of Deccan chargers from Hyderabad. Ojha so far in 56 matches took 62 wickets with an average of 22.19 in IPL.

The announcement of Indian cricket team for Australia tour in the Next month has been announced on Saturday. Best performance in the test series against West Indies, Off-spinner R Ashwin and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been selected in the test team. Whereas, Harbhajan Singh and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh both were dropped out for tour of Australia. Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan have been selected in the seventeen-Member test team. Squad : MS Dhoni (Capt. &wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan. 10 DEC UPDATE: Abhimanyu Mithun will replace injured Praveen Kumar Vinay Kumar replaces injured Varun Aaron

Experienced Rahul dravid has made a comeback in ODI team after two years, while battling from Poor form Harbhajan Singh could not make their place in T20 and ODI squad against England. Yuvraj Singh is also out of the entire Series due to his injury. Karnataka fast bowler Vinay Kumar and wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel has been selected in the 16-member team. Fast bowler S. sreesanth , left arm spinner pragyan Ojha and Allrounder Yusuf Pathan could not make their place in the Squad. Ashwin and Amit Mishra as the two spinners got their place in the squad. India team, to play T20 match against england in Manchester on 30 August. India Team : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virender sehwag (Vice-Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rahul dravid, Suresh Raina, Munaf Patel, parthiv Patel, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Vinay Kumar.

India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh will not play third Test due to injury. Batsman Virat Kohli and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been called in the third Test match. In the absence of Harbhajan, leg-spinner Amit Mishra or Pragyan Ojha might get a chance in the third Test. Indian team management has reported today that it takes 10 to 12 days to recover from Harbhajan's injury. Harbhajan has been battling from poor form at this time. In addition, due to a shoulder injury of Virender Sehwag, who missed the first two Tests. He will play in the third Test. India's hopes now pinned on Virender Sehwag.

Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha to play for English county Surrey to gain experience in the lean domestic season. Ojha has been granted permission by the BCCI to play for English county Surrey and his debut for Surrey against Northamptonshire on 15 August. Ojha said " With not much cricket around for me at the moment, I thought it would be best if I could utilise the time by playing some county cricket in England.It will be a huge challenge for me to play on pitches in England that are not spinner-friendly. I am really looking forward to gaining experience in those conditions " In England Ojha has represented India in the World Twenty20 in 2009.