Ajay Ratra Explained

Ajay Ratra
Fullname:Ajay Ratra
Country:India
Birth Date:13 December 1981
Birth Place:Faridabad, Haryana, India
Nickname:Bunty, !Cousin- Sahil Madan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:Wicket-keeper
International:true
Internationalspan:2002
Testdebutdate:19 April
Testdebutyear:2002
Testdebutagainst:West Indies
Testcap:243
Lasttestdate:9 September
Lasttestyear:2002
Lasttestagainst:England
Odidebutdate:19 January
Odidebutyear:2002
Odidebutagainst:England
Odicap:140
Lastodidate:9 July
Lastodiyear:2002
Lastodiagainst:England
Club1:Haryana
Year1:1999–2005
Club2:Goa
Year2:2007–2011
Club3:Tripura
Year3:2011–2013
Columns:4
Hidedeliveries:true
Column1:Test
Matches1:6
Runs1:163
Bat Avg1:18.11
100S/50S1:1/0
Top Score1:115
Catches/Stumpings1:11/2
Column2:ODI
Matches2:12
Runs2:90
Bat Avg2:12.85
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:30
Catches/Stumpings2:11/5
Column3:FC
Matches3:99
Runs3:4,029
Bat Avg3:30.29
100S/50S3:8/17
Top Score3:204
Catches/Stumpings3:233/27
Column4:LA
Matches4:89
Runs4:1381
Bat Avg4:22.63
100S/50S4:1/6
Top Score4:103
Catches/Stumpings4:78/30
Date:23 July
Year:2015
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2010/content/current/player/33127.html ESPNcricinfo

Ajay Ratra (born 13 December 1981) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He made his ODI debut on 19 Jan 2002 against England.

Ratra was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.[1] When Ratra made an innings of 115 not out in 2002 against the West Indies, he was the youngest wicketkeeper to make a century in Tests, and first Indian wicketkeeper to make an overseas century. After he was injured in 2002, he was replaced by Parthiv Patel, the youngest ever Test wicketkeeper. Ratra then fell behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik and Patel in the pecking order.

Ratra was part of the Indian Under-19 squad which won the Youth World Cup in 2000, and following training sessions with the National Cricket Academy he became one of six wicketkeepers that India would attempt to integrate into the squad in the space of 12 months. He played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the Goa.

In July 2015 Ratra announced his retirement from cricket. He played 99 first-class matches in which he scored 4029 runs at an average of 30.29 including eight hundreds and a double-century. He also played in 89 List A games in which scored 1381 runs at 22.63.[2]

Career best performances

Updated 15 October 2010

Batting
ScoreFixtureVenueSeason
Tests115*India v West IndiesSt. John's2002
ODI30India v EnglandCuttack2002
FC170*Goa v JharkhandDhanbad2009
LA103Goa v KarnatakaChennai (GNC)2007
T2013Goa v KarnatakaHyderabad2010

Notes and References

  1. News: Partab. Ramchand. First list of NCA trainees. ESPNcricinfo. 2000-04-15. 2007-02-08.
  2. News: Ajay Ratra calls time on 16-year career . ESPNcricinfo. 1 July 2015 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150704214918/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/893259.html# . 4 July 2015 . live .