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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); India (Twenty20 World Cup: 2007/08); Mumbai (Main FC: 1996/97-2008/09); 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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Ajit Agarkar

Pollock, Tendulkar, Jayasuriya combine to thrash the Knight Riders

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Pictures: Ajit Agarkar plays a shot

Agarkar celebrates after taking a wicket

Ajit Agarkar - Player Portrait

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When Ajit Agarkar entered the international cricketing arena, many started comparing him with Kapil Dev due to his ability to bowl fast and also tonk some hefty blows with the bat. A bowler with a small frame but can generate speeds upto 140 ks regularly, he always faced one issue that would have made him into a great bowler -- consistency. Four good balls in an over would be followed by a boundary ball thus spoiling the pressure built by him. If he would be consistent in one series he would be frustrating in another. A bowler with a special wicket taking ability would have gone great heights had he being a touch consistent. He collected seven consecutive Test ducks against Australia. But he could bat, as he scored half-century in 21 balls, and scored a Test century at Lord's.
Profile DateLine: 7th May 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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 (1996/97-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	85	111	19	2466	109*	26.80	2	12	29

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	14405	565	7377	249	6-41	29.62	11	0	57.85	3.07

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 (2006/07-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	28	18	8	141	39	14.10	0	0	117.50	1

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	483	1	662	22	3-25	30.09	0	0	21.95	8.22

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