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Ajit Agarkar

Full Name
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born
04-12-1977 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current Age
43 years old
Major Teams
India, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast-medium
Ajit Agarkar

Photos: Ajit Agarkar

  • India win the Adelaide Test

    India win the Adelaide Test

  • Infographics: India’s Dream ODI XI against Australia since 1985

    Infographics: India’s Dream ODI XI against Australia since 1985

  • Ajit Agarkar picks another six against the mighty Australians

    Ajit Agarkar picks another six against the mighty Australians

  • Ajit Agarkar: Life and Times

    Ajit Agarkar: Life and Times

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  • VIDEO: Ajit Agarkar scores a century at Lord's against England in 2002

    VIDEO: Ajit Agarkar scores a century at Lord's against England in 2002

  • VIDEO: Ajit Agarkar takes 6 for 41 against Australia in Adelaide

    VIDEO: Ajit Agarkar takes 6 for 41 against Australia in Adelaide

  • Cricketers who retired in 2013

    Cricketers who retired in 2013

  • Rohit Sharma pays tribute to Ajit Agarkar

    Rohit Sharma pays tribute to Ajit Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar Biography

Ajit Agarkar is some sort of an enigma. When John Wright first saw him in the nets, he mistook him for a frontline batsman. That was because he possessed a gift of timing many top order batsmen would be envious of. And in some incredible innings that did bear fruit. He scored that magnificent Test hundred at Lord’s and a 21-ball fifty against Zimbabwe in Rajkot, still the fastest fifty in ODIs by an Indian. However, in between there were batting disasters that branded him as the Bombay duck, when he could not get a run in Australia.

But Agarkar was primarily a medium-pacer, and raced to 50 wickets in 23 ODIs, a record that stood until Ajantha Mendis bettered it in 2009. The heady mix prompted fancies of another Kapil Dev, but sadly that never materialised.

He did win a Test in Adelaide with 6 second-innings wickets, but that was an aberration. His Test wickets came at high cost, ending with a bowling average of 47. As an all-rounder he never really had a good time with both bat and ball in the same Test, and did so only once in ODIs with 67 not out and 3 for 26 at Rajkot against Zimbabwe.

Never quite a regular in the Test side, he did play 191 ODIs, where his batting strike rate of 80, bowling average of 27 and fast movements in the field did make him more than a useful contributor. But he never quite managed to reach even the foothills of the peaks traversed by Kapil.

In domestic cricket he remained a formidable all-rounder, and his 5 for 81 in the heart-stopping Ranji final of 2009-10 against Karnataka remains one of the most memorable performances. In his last season, 2012-13, he captained Mumbai to another Ranji Trophy triumph, scoring a career-best 145 in the semi-final against Services.

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Ajit Agarkar Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 26 39 571 5 109* 16.79 1081 52.82 1 0 83 3 6 0
ODIs 191 113 1269 26 95 14.58 1574 80.62 0 3 103 22 53 0
T20s 4 2 15 0 14* 7.500 11 136.3 0 0 2 0 -- --
World Cup 6 3 11 0 10 3.666 32 34.37 0 0 0 0 2 0

Ajit Agarkar Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 26 4857 2745 58 47.32 3.391 83. 1 0 6/41 8/160
ODIs 191 9484 8021 288 27.85 5.074 32.93 2 0 6/41 6/42
T20s 4 63 85 3 28.33 8.095 21.00 0 0 2/10 2/10
World Cup 6 336 274 7 39.14 4.892 48.00 0 -- 3/38 6/42

Ajit Agarkar Career statistics

Test Debut

Zimbabwe v India at Harare Sports Club, Harare, October 7, 1998

Last Test

Pakistan v India at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, January 13, 2006

ODI Debut

India v Australia at Nehru Stadium, Kochi, April 1, 1998

Last ODI

England v India at Kennington Oval, Kennington, September 5, 2007

T20 Debut

South Africa v India at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, December 1, 2006

Last T20

India v New Zealand at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, September 16, 2007

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    This Day, That Year: Sourav Ganguly Takes 5/34, Hits Unbeaten 71 And Then Gets One-Match Ban

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    Ajit Agarkar’s gutsy 109 instilled India’s fightback in Test series vs England in 2002

    Agarkar became the seventh Indian to score a hundred at Lord’s, a feat which even legendary cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar could not ...

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    Sachin Tendulkar, Greg Chappell and other big names in this first part of duck tales.

    Ajit Agarkar: A career of exhilarating highs and inexplicable lows

    Ajit Agarkar was the quickest to 50 ODI wickets, won a Test at Adelaide Oval, scored a hundred at Lord's, scored the fastest ODI fifty ...

    India beat Australia in Adelaide Test in 2003

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