virufan Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 Here is an excerpt from cricinfo: After a disappointing series against New Zealand A in 2012, where he scored 70 runs in four innings.Narendra Hirwani, the former India legspinner and national selector, came up with a suggestion. Hirwani, who has known Ojha since the latter's first-class debut in 2000-01, asked the wicketkeeper-batsman to approach batting coach*Pravin Amre*for guidance. Amre, who had coached Ojha's corporate team, Air India, agreed and the duo have been working closely at the Air India facility in Mumbai. "We realised there was not much wrong with his technique. In fact, his extraordinary bat speed is his biggest strength, so there was no point in tinkering with it," Amre told ESPNcricinfo. "Instead, we realised it was more of a mental problem for him when it came to batting long. We then decided to focus more on building an innings."The rewards followed quickly for Ojha, known as an underachiever in first-class cricket, despite India caps in the shorter formats. The 2013-14 Ranji season turned out to be his best in domestic cricket. Between his debut in 2000-01 and 2012-13, Ojha had scored nine first-class centuries. In 2013-14, he scored four hundreds and finished as the eighth-highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy, even as his team, Madhya Pradesh, had one of their worst seasons in the last decade.Ojha carried that form into Australia, too. His knocks of 219 not out, 101 not out and 110 were scored while batting at No. 7 for India A and each one came with the team in a precarious position. Moreover, he scored the centuries after long spells keeping wicket, thus underlining his fitness.
tweaker Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 Should be selected for the ODI series in England.He opens the inning in ODI,so we can play an extra bowler
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