Ajit Agarkar

India · PACE · 1998 to 2007 · on scorecards: AB Agarkar

BATTING

Matches: 191
Innings: 113
Runs: 1269
Average: 14.58
Strike rate: 80.62
High score: 95
100s / 50s: 0 / 3

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 288
Average: 27.85
Economy: 5.07
Strike rate: 32.9
Best figures: 6/42
4w / 5w: 10 / 2
Catches / Stumpings: 52 / 0
Run-outs effected: 23

CAREER IN BRIEF

Ajit Agarkar played 190 ODIs for India in CricArcade's archive, from 1998 to 2007. The first came against Australia at Nehru Stadium, with 1 wicket, and the last against England at Kennington Oval in 2007.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 212 wickets at 28.6 in 149 ODIs. The best bowling is 6 for 42 against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2004. In all: 2 five-wicket hauls.

With the ball: 109 wickets at 27.4 at home and 94 wickets at 25.6 away. The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 49 wickets at 20.6 in 25 ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 18 ODIs and 23 wickets at 34.9. The scorecards record 7 player-of-the-match awards. India won 99 of the ODIs Ajit Agarkar played and lost 82.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 190 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
95	102	West Indies	Keenan Stadium	2002	Lost
67*	25	Zimbabwe	Municipal Stadium	2000	Won
53	62	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2004	Lost
47	50	Pakistan	Edgbaston	2004	Lost
40*	19	Zimbabwe	Nahar Singh Stadium	2002	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
6/42	9.3	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2004	Lost
5/44	9.5	Sri Lanka	Nehru Stadium	2005	Won
4/18	9	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2005	Won
4/25	9.4	Zimbabwe	Green Park	2000	Won
4/27	10	Kenya	Mangaung Oval	2001	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sri Lanka	25	111	12.33	0/0	49	20.61
Zimbabwe	25	246	41.00	0/1	42	25.19
Pakistan	24	213	14.20	0/0	32	36.16
South Africa	23	118	10.73	0/0	18	50.28
Australia	21	168	14.00	0/1	36	28.42
West Indies	21	192	14.77	0/1	32	24.50
England	18	114	12.67	0/0	21	39.71
New Zealand	15	49	6.13	0/0	20	29.20
Bangladesh	8	58	14.50	0/0	16	17.94
Kenya	7	0	–	0/0	13	17.38
Bermuda	1	0	–	0/0	3	12.67
Ireland	1	0	–	0/0	1	27.00
Scotland	1	0	–	0/0	2	27.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	69	553	19.75	0/2	109	27.39
Away	59	334	10.77	0/1	94	25.55
Neutral	62	382	13.64	0/0	82	31.71

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1990s	41	220	12.94	0/0	73	26.41
2000s	149	1,049	14.99	0/3	212	28.58

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	18	142	17.75	0/0	23	34.87
Bangabandhu National Stadium	12	81	13.50	0/0	18	22.39
Queen's Park Oval	7	34	5.67	0/0	10	22.70
Barabati Stadium	5	95	31.67	0/0	7	32.71
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	5	54	18.00	0/0	8	34.75
Harare Sports Club	5	25	8.33	0/0	11	17.55

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Australia, 1998 at Nehru Stadium
Latest in the archive: v England, 2007 at Kennington Oval

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 4 December 1977
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Balls faced (career): 1,574
Ducks: 10
Four-wicket hauls: 10
Most common batting position: 8th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 56.0
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 82.3
Balls per dismissal against pace: 16.4
Balls per dismissal against spin: 22.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 533 balls faced in that period.

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