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Full name Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born December 4, 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 30 years 307 days
Major teams India,Kolkata Knight Riders,Middlesex,Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
26
39
5
571
109*
16.79
1081
52.82
1
0
83
3
6
0
ODIs
191
113
26
1269
95
14.58
1574
80.62
0
3
103
22
52
0
T20Is
4
2
0
15
14
7.50
11
136.36
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
78
102
17
2220
109*
26.11
2
10
26
0
List A
254
159
40
2098
95
17.63
0
8
67
0
Twenty20
17
11
3
75
20
9.37
63
119.04
0
0
7
2
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
26
46
4857
2745
58
6/41
8/160
47.32
3.39
83.7
0
1
0
ODIs
191
188
9484
8021
288
6/42
6/42
27.85
5.07
32.9
10
2
0
T20Is
4
3
63
85
3
2/10
2/10
28.33
8.09
21.0
0
0
0
First-class
78
13397
6840
233
6/41
29.35
3.06
57.4
10
0
List A
254
12462
10393
391
6/18
6/18
26.58
5.00
31.8
10
3
0
Twenty20
17
16
297
378
16
3/25
3/25
23.62
7.63
18.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 7-10, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v India at Lahore, Jan 13-17, 2006 scorecard
England v India at The Oval, Sep 5, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
India v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Himachal Pradesh v Mumbai at Dharamsala, Dec 17-20, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
Tamil Nadu v Mumbai at Visakhapatnam, Apr 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata, May 20, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Slight, fiery and gifted, Ajit Agarkar is still coming to terms with being Kapil Dev's replacement as India's matchwinner with bat and ball. The ingredients are there, and in the right proportions, but are yet to form a heady and long-lasting mix. Agarkar's entry into international cricket - with an avalanche of wickets that made him the fastest to 50 in ODIs - was matched for speed only by an astonishing batting slump that saw him collect seven consecutive Test ducks against Australia. But India knows he can bat, because tailenders simply do not score half-centuries in 21 balls, as Agarkar did in a one-day game against Zimbabwe, or score Test centuries at Lord's, as Agarkar did in some style in 2002. His aggression is an asset, but the body cannot sometimes support it. He turned into a one-day specialist - arguably India's most effective ODI bowler in 2005-06 - but a disappointing World Cup campaign resulted in him being dropped for the Bangladesh series that followed.
Cricinfo Staff January 2007
