The wicket of opener Nafis Iqbal in first of back-to-back ODIs at Dhaka gave Ajit Agarkar a world record. This was Agarkar’s 200th wicket in shorter version of the game. Having already aggregated 1,049 runs before this match, Agarkar joined the exclusive band of cricketers with the all-round double of 1,000 runs and 200 wickets.
Agarkar was playing his 133rd match and he is now the quickest in terms of least number of matches taken to complete this all-round double.The previous record was held by South African Shaun Pollock,who accomplished this feat in his 138th match.
Kapil Dev, the only other Indian in this list, was the first player to do so. Pakistan’s Wasim Akram remains the youngest at 26 years 257 days followed by Agarkar at 27 years 22 days.
Agarkar also became the quickest among Indians to take 200 wickets.Agarkar accomplished the feat in only 133 matches – 14 matches lesser than Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, who previously held the record for India. In all ODIs Agarkar is joint fifth fastest with Australia’s Glenn McGrath and after Pakistan’s Saqlain Mushtaq (104), South Africa’s Allan Donald (117),Pakistan’s Waqar Younis (118) and Australia’s Shane Warne (125).
Agarkar was playing his 133rd match and he is now the quickest in terms of least number of matches taken to complete this all-round double.The previous record was held by South African Shaun Pollock,who accomplished this feat in his 138th match.
Kapil Dev, the only other Indian in this list, was the first player to do so. Pakistan’s Wasim Akram remains the youngest at 26 years 257 days followed by Agarkar at 27 years 22 days.
Agarkar also became the quickest among Indians to take 200 wickets.Agarkar accomplished the feat in only 133 matches – 14 matches lesser than Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, who previously held the record for India. In all ODIs Agarkar is joint fifth fastest with Australia’s Glenn McGrath and after Pakistan’s Saqlain Mushtaq (104), South Africa’s Allan Donald (117),Pakistan’s Waqar Younis (118) and Australia’s Shane Warne (125).
