Ajit Agarkar - As An All-rounder

As An All-rounder

He was touted by many as being India's next great fast bowling all-rounder, like Kapil Dev, however his performances have never been consistent enough. In ODIs there was a time when john wright used to send him as a pinch hitter in ODIs up the order to increase the scoring rate.He demonstrated good batting skills with no slogging . Some of his acclaimed knocks in ODIs are when he smacked the fastest 50 by an Indian off 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. In the same season in 2002 he joined the group of few Indians to have scored a century at the mecca of cricket, The Lords, when he scored a century in the first test of series batting at no. 8. A century at Lords has eluded even the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.

As a fielder he has been very good owing to his quick reflexes. In an era when Indian fielders dithered from diving around, he was an exception. But due to lack of confidence shown by the selectors in him he couldn't bloom well.

He got a runner up medal in 2003 world cup which was a surprised achievement for him.