Former Indian fast bowler Ajit Agarkar is celebrating his 45th birthday on December 4, Sunday. Wishes have been pouring in for Agarkar on the occasion of his birthday. The fast bowler from Mumbai has played in 191 ODIs and picked up 288 wickets. He has got the wickets at an average of 27.85 and a strike rate of 32.9. He has a noteworthy economy rate of 5.07.
Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter and put out a picture of himself and Agarkar. The two are dressed in suits and Agarkar has been funnily blurred in the image. He called Agarkar a ‘monster’ in the tweet and wished him on his birthday. Yuvraj is known for putting out funny posts of his teammates on their birthdays and Yuvraj likes to have a laugh after doing so.
Here is the Tweet
Really not sure what you’re checking out monster 👹 👺 👿 whatever it is, I hope it made you happy 🤪😂
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) December 4, 2022
Lots of love brother, wishing you a very Happy Birthday @imAagarkar 🎂 🤗❤️ pic.twitter.com/xGTFegcTPS
“Really not sure what you’re checking out monster whatever it is, I hope it made you happy Lots of love brother, wishing you a very Happy Birthday @imAagarkar,“ Yuvraj tweeted. Agarkar and Yuvraj played under Sourav Ganguly and changed Indian Cricket in the 2000s after Indian cricket had dark days for being under the scanner for the match-fixing scandal just before Ganguly took over as the captain of the Indian side.
Ajit Agarkar was in the crop of new age fast bowlers in India
Agarkar had a good Test career as well. He has picked up 58 wickets in 26 matches at a strike rate of 83.7. He was also a good lower-order batter and scored precious runs for India, He had 2745 runs in his Test career at an average of 47.32. He also has a Test Hundred at Lords which not many prime batters have.
He also scored 8021 runs in 188 innings. The fastest fifty by an Indian is a record which is proudly held by the 45-year-old. He was good on pitches abroad in Australia and England. He was part of the Indian setup at a time when a good crop of fast bowlers were emerging. He was there along with Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Lakshmipathy Balaji and RP Singh.