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Ajit Agarkar
Agarkar in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born
(1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 46) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm fast
Role
All rounder
International information
National side
India (1998–2007)
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.
68 (previously 9)
T20I debut (cap 1)
1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I
16 September 2007 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.
68
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1996–2013
Mumbai
2008–2010
Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2013
Delhi Daredevils
2014
Cricket Club of India
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
26
191
110
270
Runs scored
571
1,269
3,336
2,275
Batting average
16.79
14.58
28.75
17.50
100s/50s
1/0
0/3
4/16
1/7
Top score
109*
95
145
100
Balls bowled
4,857
9,484
18,132
13,322
Wickets
58
288
299
420
Bowling average
47.32
27.85
30.69
26.16
5 wickets in innings
1
2
12
3
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
6/41
6/42
6/41
6/18
Catches/stumpings
68/–
52/–
37/–
69/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up
2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner
2007 South Africa
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner
2002 Sri Lanka
Runner-up
2000 Kenya
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 September 2022
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (pronunciationⓘ; born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and a commentator. He is and has been the chairman of the BCCI selection committee since July 4, 2023.[2] He has represented India in more than 200 international matches across all three formats of the game.
He is the third highest wicket-taker for India in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He was the part of the Indian squads which won the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2007 T20 World Cup and finished as runners up at the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.
He played for the Delhi Daredevils (Now Delhi Capitals) 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. In 2013, Agarkar announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Post-retirement, he began a new career as a cricket analyst. He holds the record for the quickest 50 in ODIs by an Indian coming off just 21 balls (against Zimbabwe in 2000).
^Shariff, Faisal (2 December 1998). "Agarkar pulls out of NZ tour". Rediff.com. Sanjay Manjrekar, Agarkar's skipper in Ranji Trophy games last season, said in the course of a recent commentary session: "That boy weighs 58 kilos (his height, by the way, is five foot seven). I told him, he has either to add body weight, or stop bowling fast."
^"Indian Cricket Team Chief Selector is Ajit Agarkar - BCCI". 4 July 2023.
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per wicket. India's Mohammed Shami is at 10th position in this list. AjitAgarkar is joint-15th on the list of most four-wicket hauls with Pakistan's Waqar...
nurtured numerous cricketers, including the Test players Sachin Tendulkar, AjitAgarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Vinod Kambli, Ramesh Powar and Pravin Amre. He devoted...
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Mandeep Singh (66) in the semifinal. In the final against Mumbai led by AjitAgarkar, he took 4/38 (including openers Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane) to...
railways and private enterprises would recruit players. The board appointed Ajit Wadekar captain in 1971, the Indian team won their first test series against...
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colleagues Shane Watson & James Hopes, as well as former India batsmen AjitAgarkar & Pravin Amre. Previous Coaching Assignments: Under-19 KeralaState Team...
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