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Ajit Agarkar - Wikipedia

Ajit Agarkar
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Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar pronunciation (born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian

international cricketer, who had represented India in more than 200 international matches.
He played for the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and captained
Mumbai to its 40th Ranji Trophy title in 2013. He made his Test and ODI debuts in 1998
and T20I debut in 2006. He is the third highest wicket-taker for India in ODIs and has
represented India in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2007 Cricket World Cup but Ajit Agarkar
didn't feature in any of the world cup matches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where India
reached into the finals.

Ajit Agarkar

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Personal life
Bowling style
Career
As an all-rounder
Records
5.1 Test Hundreds
5.2 Test 5-Wicket Hauls
5.3 ODI 5-Wicket Hauls
6 References
7 External links

Personal information
Full name

Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar

Born

4 December 1977
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler
International information

Personal life

National side

Agarkar was raised by his grandparents at Shivaji Park where many a great cricketer have
practised and went on to play for India. He attended Shardashram Vidyamandir school and
was later coached by Ramakant Achrekar. He is an alumnus of Ruparel College in Matunga.
He married Fatima Ghadially. They have a son named Raj. He lives with his family at
Narayan Pujari Nagar on Worli Seaface in South Mumbai[1]

Last Test

Bowling style
He has a relatively short figure as compared to his other fast bowling counterparts. But he
could still bowl at speeds more than 90 mph (~145 km/hr) owing to his athletic body and a
good run up speed. He has had a knack to bowl the reverse swing deliveries when the ball
gets old.

Career
Agarkar made his ODI debut against Australia at Kochi, on 1 April 1998. He took the
wicket of Adam Gilchrist in that match.
Soon after his debut, a 20-year-old Agarkar achieved his first Man of the match award in a
crucial Coca cola champions trophy match against Sri Lanka taking three crucial wickets
folding Sri Lanka for just 98.[2]
Amongst Agarkar's better performances were his performances in Australia in the Test
series of 1999, and also in the test series in 2003. At Adelaide Oval in 2003, Agarkar took
6/41, to help India to win their first test in Australia in over 20 years. Agarkar has performed
better in ODI cricket, where he takes wickets regularly, although his economy rate is
high.He has also had a number of good batting performances. He was the best Indian bowler
in the one day series during India's tour of West Indies in 2006.
As a batsman, Agarkar is one of the few players who scored a Test century at Lords against
England during India's tour to England in 2002 when he scored 109 not out. Although India
lost the test, his batting skills were quite noticeable. He also holds the record of the fastest
fifty in ODI's for India when he scored 67 not out in 25 balls at Rajkot against Zimbabwe in

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India

Test debut (cap 216) 7 October 1998 v Zimbabwe

13 January 2006 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 111) 1 April 1998 v Australia

Last ODI

5 September 2007 v England

T20I debut (cap 1)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Last T20I

16 September 2007 v New Zealand

Domestic team information

Years
1996present

Team
Mumbai

20082010

Kolkata Knight Riders

2011-2013

Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics

Competition

Test

ODI

FC

LA

Matches

26

191

103

267

Runs scored

571

1269

3117

2252

Batting average

16.79

14.58

28.08

17.73

100s/50s

1/0

0/3

3/15

0/8

Top score

109*

95

109*

95

Balls bowled

4857

9484

17232

13146

Wickets

58

288

282

412

Bowling average

47.32

27.85

31.03

26.44

5 wickets in innings

12

10 wickets in match

n/a

n/a

Best bowling

6/41

6/42

6/41

6/18

Catches/stumpings

6/

52/

36/

69/

Source: Cricinfo (http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/261

84.html), 28 June 2012

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