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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013

Ajit Agarkar

On scorecards: AB Agarkar · Right-hand bat

6
Seasons
42
Matches
179
Runs
SR 116.2
29
Wickets
econ 8.81
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2013 · Sources

Ajit Agarkar, a bowler, played six IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Ajit Agarkar arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹1.40 cr (US$350k), against a base price of ₹80 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 9 matches, 54 runs and 8 wickets at 7.91 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2008, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 8 wickets at 7.91 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 3 for 25.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1.40 cr. 27 matches, 160 runs and 18 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹95 lakh. 15 matches and 11 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008 to 2010.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 29 wickets in 784 deliveries, at 8.81 runs an over against a league rate of 7.65 for the same seasons: 1.16 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

32.5% of the balls Ajit Agarkar bowled were dots, a lower share than 75% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 27 balls.

The fielding record: 4 catches and 3 run-outs.

At the auction

Ajit Agarkar went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹1.40 cr (US$350k), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Ajit Agarkar made 42 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2013.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2008Kolkata Knight Riders9542010.8117.40/087.913/250
2009Kolkata Knight Riders11663933.0115.80/069.162/150
2010Kolkata Knight Riders7401740.0137.90/049.162/321
2011Delhi Daredevils777*–116.70/088.562/230
2012Delhi Daredevils40–––0/039.352/272
2013Delhi Daredevils4129*12.075.00/009.20-1

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced34.4%
Balls per four11.9
Balls per six30.8
Dot balls bowled32.5%
Balls per wicket27
Catches4
Run-outs3
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Set F₹80 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.40 cr (US$350k)
2011–₹45 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹95 lakh (US$210k)

Sources