Ajit Agarkar
| He came up through the India A
ranks and suddenly burst upon the scene in the late 90s as one of the
most talented young all rounders in Indian cricket. A nippy medium pacer,
capable of moving the ball both ways and a more than useful late order
attacking batsman, Ajit Agarkar was hailed as the best thing to happen
to Indian cricket for a long time. Great things were expected from this Shivaji Park product in Mumbai and Agarkar indicated that he would live upto early promise by racing to 50 wickets in one day internationals faster than anyone else - breaking the record held by none other than Dennis Lillee. However, his subsequent record - both in Tests and ODI's - have been a grave disappointment. Plagued by injuries, Agarkar was always struggling to hold his place in the side. He had a poor World Cup tournament and on his return sought advice from Lillee at the MRF Pace Foundation. Nothing seemed to help however and after a nightmarish tour of Australia, his place in the national side must be in grave doubt. After all it cannot be easy to come back from five successive ducks in Test cricket - four of them off the first ball faced. If he is not able to come back into the reckoning and is really washed up at 22 he would probably go down in Indian cricket as one of the biggest disappointments - a young cricketer with seemingly much to offer but who failed to deliver. |
One-Day Batting Record
|
Matches
|
Innings
|
NotOut
|
Runs
|
Highest
|
Average
|
100s
|
50s
|
Catches
|
|
53
|
27
|
4
|
260
|
30
|
11.3
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
One-Day Bowling Record
|
Overs
|
Maidens
|
Runs
|
Wickets
|
Average
|
Best
|
5 wickets
|
Strike Rate
|
Economy
|
|
468
|
20
|
2453
|
82
|
29.91
|
4/35
|
0
|
34.2
|
5.23
|