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Ajit Agarkar

India

Full name Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar

Born December 4, 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 31 years 217 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
Tests	26	39	5	571	109*	16.79	1081	52.82	1	0	83	3	6
ODIs	191	113	26	1269	95	14.58	1574	80.62	0	3	103	22	52
T20Is	4	2	0	15	14	7.50	11	136.36	0	0	2	0	0
First-class	85	111	19	2466	109*	26.80			2	12			29
List A	254	159	40	2098	95	17.63			0	8			67
Twenty20	28	18	8	141	39	14.10	120	117.50	0	0	10	5	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	26	46	4857	2745	58	6/41	8/160	47.32	3.39	83.7	0	1
ODIs	191	188	9484	8021	288	6/42	6/42	27.85	5.07	32.9	10	2
T20Is	4	3	63	85	3	2/10	2/10	28.33	8.09	21.0	0	0
First-class	85		14405	7377	249	6/41		29.62	3.07	57.8		11
List A	254		12462	10393	391	6/18	6/18	26.58	5.00	31.8	10	3
Twenty20	28	27	483	662	22	3/25	3/25	30.09	8.22	21.9	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
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Australia at Kochi, Apr 1, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI	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	Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh at Hyderabad (Decc), Jan 12-16, 2009 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 Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Slight, fiery and gifted, Ajit Agarkar never came to terms with being Kapil Dev's replacement as India's matchwinner with bat and ball. The ingredients were there, and in the right proportions, but never formed a heady and long-lasting mix. Agarkar's entry into international cricket - with an avalanche of wickets that made him the then fastest to 50 in ODIs - was matched for speed only by an astonishing batting slump during which he collected seven consecutive Test ducks against Australia. But he could 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 2008

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