ajit agarkar Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ajit agarkar is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born
December 04, 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Age
45 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 26 | 191 | 4 | 42 |
Inn | 39 | 113 | 2 | 22 |
Runs | 571 | 1269 | 15 | 179 |
Avg | 16.79 | 14.59 | 7.5 | 17.9 |
SR | 52.82 | 80.62 | 136.36 | 116.23 |
HS | 109 | 95 | 14 | 39 |
NO | 5 | 26 | 0 | 12 |
100s | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 83 | 103 | 2 | 13 |
6s | 3 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 26 | 191 | 4 | 42 |
Inn | 46 | 188 | 3 | 42 |
Balls | 4857 | 9484 | 63 | 782 |
Runs | 2745 | 8021 | 85 | 1151 |
Wkt | 58 | 288 | 3 | 29 |
BBI | 41 / 6 | 42 / 6 | 10 / 2 | 25 / 2 |
BBM | 160 / 8 | 42 / 6 | 10 / 2 | 25 / 2 |
Eco | 3.39 | 5.07 | 8.1 | 8.83 |
Avg | 47.33 | 27.85 | 28.33 | 39.69 |
5W | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Delhi Daredevils
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Middlesex
- Mumbai
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, both with the new and the old balls, Ajit Agarkar was considered to be India's answer for a fast-bowling all-rounder, for he was no mug with bat. Although he had enormous talent, somehow, Agarkar could not quite make notable contributions on a consistent basis and was blowing hot and cold throughout his career.
Agarkar the ODI bowler was more popular than Agarkar the Test bowler. Having tasted first-class cricket a couple of years earlier, Agarkar made his ODI debut in 1998, in a tri-angular series against Australia. He made an impact straightaway and became the highest wicket-taker in the competition. He continued to impress and took 22 wickets in his next 8 ODIs. He was also part of India's campaign at the 1999 World Cup, although he did not play all the match as his form dipped.
Agarkar's most notable performance with the ball in ODIs came against Australia at the MCG in 2004, when he bagged 6 wickets for 42 runs in a losing cause. He bagged his second and last fifer the next year, this time at Pune against Sri Lanka. Agarkar's best with the bat came against West Indies in 2002, when he made 95 to top score for India, after being promoted up the order to No. 3. He was also remembered for recording the fastest fifty by an Indian in ODI history, when he smashed a half-century off just 21 balls against Zimbabwe in 2000.
He made his Test debut in 1998, but was not seen as a great material for the longest format by the selectors. His heroic 6-wicket haul, which derailed Australia in the second innings of the famous Adelaide Test in 2003 and a stunning unbeaten 109 at Lord's in 2002, were the noteworthy performances in the Test match format.
Agarkar, who was part of India's successful World T20 campaign in 2007, was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders for three IPL seasons since 2008, before he moved to Delhi Daredevils to spend three more years in the cash-rich league.
He was almost a regular member of Mumbai's Ranji squad and also led them to victory in the 2013-14 season. In 2011, after being left-out of the playing XI, Agarkar, who was disappointed at not being informed beforehand of his exclusion, wrote a letter to the Mumbai Cricket Association to relieve him from the squad.
In 2013, Agarkar announced his retirement from all-forms of cricket. Post-retirement, Agarkar began a new career as a cricket analyst.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Slight, fiery and gifted, Ajit Agarkar never came to terms with being seen as a match-winner with bat and ball for India in the Kapil Dev mould. The ingredients were there, and in the right proportions, but they never formed a long-lasting mix.
Agarkar's entry into international cricket - with an avalanche of wickets that made him the fastest to 50 in ODIs at the time - was matched for precocity only by an astonishing batting slump during which he collected seven consecutive Test ducks against Australia. But he could bat, because tailenders do not score half-centuries in 21 balls, as Agarkar did in a one-day game against Zimbabwe, or make Test hundreds at Lord's, as he did in some style in 2002. His best performance - and only Test five-for - came in a famous win for India, a match haul of 8 for 160 in Adelaide in 2003-04.
His aggression was an asset, but his body could not sometimes support it. He turned into a one-day specialist, and was arguably India's most effective ODI bowler in 2005-06, but a disappointing World Cup campaign in 2007 resulted in him being dropped for the Bangladesh series that followed, and though he made it to the ODI squad that toured England in the summer of 2007, that was his last international outing.
He remained a domestic force to be reckoned with, though, as his five-wicket haul in one of the most thrilling Ranji Trophy finals, in Mysore in 2010 attested. He took 5 for 81 as Karnataka, chasing a target of 338, were bowled out for 331 in the post-lunch session of the fourth day's play. Agarkar captained Mumbai in the 2012-13 season, leading them to their 40th Ranji Trophy title, and announced his retirement from all cricket before the start of the following domestic season.