Pragyan Ojha

It's too early to say for certain, but there's an undeniable feeling in the air at The Oval that Surrey are on the brink of an exciting future

Promotion-chasing Surrey need five final-day wickets to claim a win over Essex to further boost their bid to return to the top flight of the County Championship. After leaving Essex a victory target of 349, Surrey reduced their opponents to 142 for 5 by t

A brilliant spell from left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha helped Surrey wrap up a comprehensive 333-run victory on the final morning against Division Two promotion rivals Northamptonshire

Surrey remained on course to win their County Championship Division Two match at Northamptonshire going into the final day after centuries from Steven Davies and Zander de Bruyn at Wantage Road

An impressive innings of 70 from Rob Taylor on his County Championship debut was not enough to prevent a youthful Leicestershire side crumbling to 167 all out against Surrey at Grace Road

Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh have been ruled out of the remainder of the England Test series on account of injuries sustained during the second Test at Trent Bridge

Pragyan Ojha, the India left-arm spinner, is set to play for Surrey in the County Championship and in the CB40 one-day competition in England

India and Hyderabad cricketers VVS Laxman and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha have been named on the newly-constituted governing council of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA)

Fitness worries aside, India's selectors will only be concerned about whom to pick as the second spinner and the second reserve batsman

India's bowling unit overcame the absence of Zaheer Khan to achieve what had been expected of the hosts at the start of the series

Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha have have taken a combined 13 wickets from the two Tests against New Zealand, but MS Dhoni is not too concerned

Their collective tenacity and professionalism has helped the visitors match up to the challenge of playing the world's No. 1 team

The Hyderabad pitch may have been great for batting, but that shouldn't overshadow India's bowling problems

The fact that the hosts, favourites at the start of the series, are battling to stay alive in the Test is an indication of how well New Zealand have overcome the Bangladesh debacle

On a flat pitch that aided neither spin nor pace, India needed a spinner with a big of magic, but didn't have one

Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad

India is the only country in which Ricky Ponting has not won a Test as captain and despite the best efforts of Ponting the batsman, he needs something special from his bowlers to end that record on Wednesday

Not for the first time at home, India recovered from a slow start to the opening day of a series to liven up the Test

On another day of fluctuating fortunes, Sri Lanka gained a decisive advantage to leave India facing a stiff task in their attempt to level the series