Ajit Agarkar

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. 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) and has represented India in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup, 2007 World Cup and was member of the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 winning squad, along with one of the joint winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, which was shared with Sri Lanka.

Ajit Agarkar
Agarkar in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
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/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 September 2022

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).

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