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Ajit Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar
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Personal information
Full name Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 39)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 216) 7 October 1998 v Zimbabwe
Last Test 13 January 2006 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 111) 1 April 1998 v Australia
Last ODI 5 September 2007 v England
ODI shirt no. 9
T20I debut (cap 1) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 16 September 2007 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996–2013 Mumbai
2008–2010 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 1 2 12 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/41 6/42 6/41 6/18
Catches/stumpings 6/– 52/– 36/– 69/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 June 2012

Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar About this sound 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.

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

He has a relatively short figure as compared to his other fast bowling counterparts. But he could still bowl at speeds more than 85 mph (~145-150 km/hr) owing to his athletic body and a good run up speed. He has had a knack to bowl conventional swing at the start of the innings and reverse swing deliveries late in the game.


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