ashish bagai Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ashish bagai is a cricketer(sportsman) from Canada. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ashish Bagai
Born
January 26, 1982, Delhi, India
Age
41 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 62 | 9 | - |
Inn | - | 60 | 9 | - |
Runs | - | 1964 | 284 | - |
Avg | - | 37.77 | 40.57 | - |
SR | - | 65.6 | 114.06 | - |
HS | - | 137 | 67 | - |
NO | - | 8 | 2 | - |
100s | - | 2 | 0 | - |
50s | - | 16 | 2 | - |
4s | - | 182 | 27 | - |
6s | - | 8 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 62 | 9 | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Canada
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
However, a few years later, things started improving for Bagai. The turning point of all was the World Cricket League of 2007 in Nairobi, in which he scored an unbeaten 137 against Scotland, his first ton in the senior side. A second century followed a few days later against Ireland. At the end of the tournament, he was the leading run-scorer and was named as the Man of the Series. He had scored as much as 345 runs at an impressive 86.25. Just a few months later, he was named as Canada's captain for the Intercontinental Cup Final against Ireland. However, things changed soon after he decided to accept a job in UK in the later half of 2007 and he became unavailable for the team. He came back in 2009 and was again appointed as the captain when he left a successful banking job in UK to move back to to Canada.
Bagai captained the Canadian side in the 2011 World Cup. He scored an unbeaten 64 against Kenya in their first game. In the next ODI against New Zealand, he scored 84 putting up a 100+ stand along with Jimmy Hansra. Unfortunately, Canada lost that game by 70 runs as New Zealand had scored 358 in the first innings. After the World Cup, Bagai hung up his boots deciding to pursue an MBA.
Things took a dramatic turn when in 2013, Bagai signed on a national team central contract with Cricket Canada becoming available for a period of 9 months upto February 2014. This decision came after he completed his graduation from business school. However, it did not work well in his favour. After leading Canada in an unsuccessful campaign in the World T20 Qualifier where Canada finished 12th out of the 16 teams, he finally announced his retirement from the game.
Bagai has scored 1964 runs at an average of 37.76 in 62 ODIs, and his List A career produced 2649 runs in 96 games.
By Sonali Dhulap
As of May 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Ashish Bagai is a small, tidy wicketkeeper with good glovework and nimble feet. But it is as a batsman that he has really developed, and his calmness at the crease and ability to penetrate gaps in the field has made him a most effective player in all forms of the game. After coming through youth teams - he played for Canada's Under-19s when only 15 and went on to captain them - he made his debut for the full side in 1999-2000 when still only 17 and in 2001 was a key member of the side which finished third in the I CC Trophy, thus gaining a place at the 2003 World Cup. That tournament was a personal disappointment for Bagai with the bat, if not the gloves, but he developed well with solid rather than spectacular contributions with the bat. All that changed in the World Cricket League in Nairobi in early 2007 when scored 137 not out - his first hundred in senior cricket - against Scotland and added a second ton against Ireland four days later. His 345 runs at 86.25 meant he ended the tournament as the leading run scorer and was named Player of the Tournament. He was then named captain for Canada's Intercontinental Cup Final against Ireland in May. Consistent performances led him to be shortlisted for the inaugural ICC Associate ODI Player of the Year in 2007. But his career appeared to hit a wall with a decision to take a job in the UK later in 2007, making him unavailable, though he maintained good form and became an increasingly reliable batsman when he did play. Appointed captain again in 2009, he later turned his back on a successful banking career in the City of London and accepted a full-time professional contact with the board.
Martin Williamson