Ajit Agarkar

: January 5, 2024
: Cricket Player

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Full Name	Ajit Agarkar
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 4, 1977(1977-12-04)
Age	47
Birthplace	India
Country	India
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ajit Agarkar Biography

Name	Ajit Agarkar
Birthday	Dec 4
Birth Year	1977
Place Of Birth	India
Birth Country	India
Birth Sign	Sagittarius
Parents	Balachandra Agarkar, Meena Agarkar
Siblings	Manik Agarkar
Spouse	Fatima Ghadially
Children(s)	Raj

Ajit Agarkar is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on December 4, 1977 in India, India. All-rounder who has represented India in over 200 international matches, has played for the Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in domestic play.

He was once touted as being India’s best fast bowling all-rounder since Kapil Dev.

Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar pronunciation (help ·info ) (born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer. He has represented India in more than 200 international matches in 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 and the 2007 World Cup, although he did not feature in any of the matches during the 2003 World Cup, in which India reached the finals.

Early in his career, Agarkar broke Dennis Lillee’s world record for the fastest 50 wickets in ODIs, achieving the feat from only 23 matches. He held the record from 1998 until 2009 when Ajantha Mendis achieved the feat from just 19 matches. Agarkar holds the Indian record of scoring the fastest 50 in ODI: he scored 50 off 21 balls. Agarkar also holds another ODI record, which is the quickest in terms of least number of matches played to take 200 wickets and complete 1000 runs. Agarkar achieved this feat in 133 matches breaking the previous record held by South African Shaun Pollock, who accomplished this feat in his 138th match.

He has a son named Raj.

Ajit Agarkar Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Cricket Player
House	Living in own house.

Ajit Agarkar is one of the richest Cricket Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ajit Agarkar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was raised by his grandparents at Shivaji Park, from which many great Indian cricketers have come.

He broke the world record for the fastest 50 wickets in One Day Internationals (23 matches).

Agarkar was born on 4 December 1977 in Bombay, to Meena and Balachandra Agarkar. He has a sister, Manik. Agarkar started out as a batsman as a child before he was entrusted to cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar by his father. On Achrekar’s insistence, Agarkar shifted his school from IES to Shardashram Vidyamandir for Class six. He developed as a batsman who could bowl a bit during this time while practicing at the Shivaji Park. He went on to perform consistently as a batsman scoring heavily in the inter-school Giles Shield tournament for the Under-16s making a triple century when he was 15. He carried the form into the Harris Shield under-19 tournament scoring consistently “showing signs of being another Tendulkar in the making.” It was during this time that he began shifting focus to his bowling after it was “pointed out to [him] that it would be hard to make it into the Bombay team as a pure bowler, and that he stood a better chance as an all-rounder”. As a child, Agarkar idolized pacers Kapil Dev, Michael Holding and Ian Botham; later also taking a liking to Allan Donald.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height	5 ft 7 in

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Who is Ajit Agarkar Dating?

According to our records, Ajit Agarkar married to Fatima Ghadially. As of December 1, 2023, Ajit Agarkar’s is not dating anyone.

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The positive start to his early career, Indian fans were hopeful of him forming a strong bowling partnership with Javagal Srinath. Srinath had been sidelined by injury during Agarkar’s 1st season and was the only successful pace bowler in the National Team. The emergence of Ashish Nehra in 1999 and Zaheer Khan in 2000 created further competition for pace bowling options especially in home conditions. Frequent injuries to Srinath, Nehra, and Agarkar meant India struggled with pace bowling resources.

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Ajit Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Ajit Agarkar celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

As a batsman, Agarkar is one of the few players who scored a Test century at Lords against England during India’s tour to England in 2002 when he scored 109 not out. Although India lost the test, his batting skills were quite noticeable. He also holds the record of the fastest fifty in ODI’s for India when he scored 67 not out in 25 balls at Rajkot against Zimbabwe in 2000. However, his batting exploits have been frequently overshadowed by seven consecutive instances of no scoring against Australia, five in Australia and two at home. His first four dismissal also happened to have been on the first ball he faced.

Top Facts about Ajit Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and commentator.
He was born on December 4, 1977 in Mumbai, India.
Agarkar played for the Indian cricket team from 1998 to 2007.
He took 288 wickets in his international career.
Agarkar holds the record for the fastest fifty by an Indian in ODIs (21 balls).
He also holds the record for taking the most number of wickets in a single World Cup (2003).
Agarkar retired from international cricket in 2007.
After retirement, he became a cricket commentator and analyst.
In addition to English, he commentates in Hindi and Marathi languages.
Agarkar has been part of various IPL teams as a player and coach.

How fast was Ajit Agarkar?

Some of his acclaimed knocks in ODIs are when he smacked the fastest 50 in 21 balls in 2000 against Zimbabwe and took 3 wickets as well in that match, in another knock 95 against West Indies in 2002 at Jamshedpur when he was sent up the order at number 3.

Why did Ajit Agarkar retired?

He played 110 first-class games in all, taking 299 wickets at 30.69, as well as 270 List A games and 62 T20s in a career that began in 1996-97. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Agarkar said, given how balanced the Mumbai team is at the moment, he decided it was the right time to go. “It was the right time for me.