ajay ratra Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ajay ratra is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ajay Ratra
Born
December 13, 1981, Faridabad, Haryana
Age
41 years old
Also Known As
Bunty
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 12 | - | - |
Inn | 10 | 8 | - | - |
Runs | 163 | 90 | - | - |
Avg | 18.11 | 12.86 | - | - |
SR | 30.58 | 70.87 | - | - |
HS | 115 | 30 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 1 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 14 | 8 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 12 | - | - |
Inn | 1 | - | - | - |
Balls | 6 | - | - | - |
Runs | 1 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 1 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 1 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 1.0 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Haryana
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Ratra was one of the six wicket-keepers the national selectors experimented with in a space of 12 months. He made his ODI debut against England at the Eden Gardens in 2002. In 8 ODI innings, his highest score was 30 and his average of 12.85 was not enough to keep him in the ODI team for long.
Even though his Test career was just 6 matches long, Ratra enjoyed more success in the longest format of the game in comparison to the ODIs. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval in 2002. He got out for a duck in his first innings and managed a total of just 16 runs in his first two Tests.
Just when things were looking bleak for Ratra, he scored 115 not out in the first innings in Antigua. At just 20 years of age, he became the youngest wicket-keeper to score a Test century and only the second Indian wicket-keeper to do so in overseas conditions.
Even though the match ended in a draw, Ratra picked up the Man of the Match award for his performance. However, he failed to produce any knock of substance in his next 5 Test innings and eventually lost his Test place to Parthiv Patel, the youngest-ever wicket-keeper in Tests.
He announced his retirement from cricket in July 2015. He scored 4029 runs at an average of 30.29 in 99 first-class matches, including 25 scores of 50 or above. In 89 List A games, he made 1381 runs at an average of 22.63.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
When Ajay Ratra gritted 115 not out in Antigua in 2002, he became the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test century and the second Indian wicketkeeper to make one overseas. He was just 20 and it was only his third Test, but later the summer proved to be cruel as he lost his place in the Test side to Parthiv Patel, and in the one-day side to the appointment of Rahul Dravid as keeper in the quest for balance. Ratra is slightly built, nimble on his feet, and usually safe and alert. An early starter, he was part of the Indian under-19 team that won the Youth World Cup in early 2000, and the following season, he captained them to victory over England in a home series. Time with Rod Marsh and Syed Kirmani at the National Cricket Academy proved to be valuable, and Ratra made the Indian team after the selectors had experimented with six keepers in the space of a year. A recall will very much depend upon his performance with the bat for Haryana, whom he captains at a young age. (Rahul Bhattacharya)