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Ajit Agarkar

Full name: Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar

Born: 4th December 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Teams: India (Test: 1998/99-2005/06); India (ODI: 1997/98-2007); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Mumbai (Main FC: 1996/97-2007/08); Middlesex (Main FC: 2004); Mumbai (Main ListA: 1996/97-2007/08); Middlesex (Main ListA: 2004); Mumbai (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); All teams

Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1998

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Articles: Pollock, Tendulkar, Jayasuriya combine to thrash the Knight Riders

Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan back in top 20 of LG ICC ODI Player Rankings

India can get back to fourth in LG ICC ODI Championship

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Pictures: Ajit Agarkar plays a shot

Agarkar celebrates after taking a wicket

Greg Chappell is giving batting tips to Agarkar

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He burst upon the scene as a 20-year-old nearly a decade ago and his sublime all round skills saw him hailed as potentially the best thing to happen to Indian cricket since Kapil Dev. Over the years though Ajit Agarkar has not fulfilled this potential. The selectors have however persevered with him giving him numerous chances in both Tests and ODIs. And while he has pulled in his weight now and then “a century in a losing cause at Lord's in 2002 and a match winning bowling performance at Adelaide the following year“ his Test record is well below par marred in particular by his seven consecutive ducks against Australia. In ODIs however he has a commendable record though one feels given his natural gifts he should have done better. After all he had a dramatic entry into international cricket he fastest to 50 wickets in ODIs and a half-century off 21 balls against Zimbabwe. There are however signs that his natural gifts and immense potential are finally fructifying as he seems to enjoy his role as senior partner in the current pace quartet. Slightly built but whippy and deceptive with the ball and aggressive with the bat, Agarkar's best days could still lie ahead.
Profile DateLine: 19th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2005/06)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	26	39	5	571	109*	16.79	1	0	52.82	6

Test Career Bowling (1998/99-2005/06)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	4857	168	2745	58	6-41	47.32	1	0	83.74	3.39

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	78	102	17	2220	109*	26.11	2	10	26

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	13397	524	6840	233	6-41	29.35	10	0	57.49	3.06

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-2007)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	191	113	26	1269	95	14.58	0	3	80.62	53

One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98-2007)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	9484	100	8021	288	6-42	27.85	10	2	32.93	5.07

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	254	159	40	2099	95	17.63	0	8	68

One-Day Career Bowling (1996/97-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	12462	138	10393	391	6-18	26.58	10	3	31.87	5.00

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	4	2	0	15	14	7.50	0	0	136.36	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	63	1	85	3	2-10	28.33	0	0	21.00	8.09

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	17	11	3	75	20	9.37	0	0	119.04	1

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	297	1	378	16	3-25	23.62	0	0	18.56	7.63

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India Under-19s	3	5	1	165	107	41.25	1	0	2

Youth Test Career Bowling (1996/97)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	583	25	230	14	5-43	16.42	1	0	41.64	2.36

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India Under-19s	3	3	0	52	32	17.33	0	0	1

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1996/97)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	140	1	117	1	1-66	117.00	0	0	140.00	5.01