Ajit Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar
Agarkar in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 46)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleAll rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 216)7 October 1998 v Zimbabwe
Last Test13 January 2006 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 111)1 April 1998 v Australia
Last ODI5 September 2007 v England
ODI shirt no.68 (previously 9)
T20I debut (cap 1)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I16 September 2007 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.68
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2013Mumbai
2008–2010Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2013Delhi Daredevils
2014Cricket 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 the current 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 was the Chairman of Selection Committee for 2024 T20 World Cup winning Indian team.

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).

Post retirement Ajit Agarkar took liking for Golf won the India Finals of BMR World Corporate Golf Challenge held at Prestige Golfshire, Bengaluru. Ajit Agarkar and his team mate Shabbir Rawjee, playing off handicaps 17 and 19 respectively, triumphed with a total of 62 stableford points

  1. ^ 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."
  2. ^ "Indian Cricket Team Chief Selector is Ajit Agarkar - BCCI". 4 July 2023.