Agarkar sets a new record

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December 26, 2004 18:28 IST

The wicket of Bangladesh opener Nafis Iqbal in the second one-day international at Dhaka on Sunday gave Ajit Agarkar a world record.

This was Agarkar's 200th wicket in the 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.

The accompanying table gives details of all-rounders with 1,000 runs and 200 wickets in ODIs:

Mts All-rounder For Reached on
133 Ajit Agarkar Ind v Bangladesh,Dhaka,26-12-2004
138 Shaun Pollock SA v India, Centurion,10-10-2001
143 Wasim Akram Pak v South Africa, East London,15-02-1993
162 Heath Streak Zim v England,Nottingham,26-06-2003
164 Chaminda Vaas SL v New Zealand, Colombo SSC,31-07-2001
166 Kapil Dev Ind v West Indies, Sharjah,22-10-1991
191 Shane Warne Aus v England,Melbourne,15-12-2002
235 Sanath Jayasuriya SL v Pakistan,Sharjah,20-04-2001
244 Chris Harris NZ v West Indies, Lord's,10-07-2004

Agarkar also became the quickest among Indians to take 200 wickets. Agarkar accomplished the feat in only 133 matches -- 14 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).

Indian bowlers with 200 ODI wickets:

Bowler Mts Balls Runs Wkts Ave Best SR RpO 5W Mts for 200 wkts
Anil Kumble 259 13817 9854 321 30.70 6/12 43.04 4.28 2 147
J Srinath 229 11935 8847 315 28.09 5/23 37.89 4.45 3 147
Kapil Dev 225 11202 6945 253 27.45 5/43 44.28 3.72 1 166
Ajit Agarkar 133 6607 5621 201 27.96 6/42 32.87 5.11 1 133

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