I Thank Dhoni For Giving Me The New Ball, Says Ojha

Kolkata, Nov 16: Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha who claimed four wickets today thanked skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for showing confidence in throwing the new ball to him during West Indies’ first innings here today.

In reply to India’s huge 631 for seven declared, West Indies were bundled out for 153 with Ojha claiming four for 64 opening the bowling with the new ball this morning.

“I thank Dhonibhai as he has shown a lot of confidence in me and R Ashwin. There was quite a bit of turn on offer today and hopefully we will get a bit more turn tomorrow as well,” Ojha who took his 50th Test scalp in the form of Kirk Edwards, said today.

Asked about how he felt about opening the bowling, Ojha said, “I think the main reason is that there was lot of turn on offer. Yesterday the light was too bad so we thought of going with the spin rather than pace.”

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