Ashish Bagai

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Ashish Bagai Canada (CAN)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	-
Career	ODIs	First-class
Matches	16	7
Runs scored	277	426
Batting average	19.78	32.76
100s/50s	0/2	0/4
Top score	58*	76
Balls bowled	0	27
Wickets	-	0
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	0
Best Bowling	-	0/3
Catches/Stumpings	17/3	15/3
ODI debut: 11 February 2003 Last ODI: 1 December 2006 Updated: 9 December 2006 Source: Cricket Archive

Ashish Bagai (born January 26, 1982, in Delhi, India) is a Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who specializes as a wicketkeeper.

His first taste of cricket came in the inaugural Under-15s Cricket World Cup in 1996, in which he was voted the tournament's best wicketkeeper. He had the highest batting average in the Under-19s World Cup in January/February 2000. Going to the 2002 Under-19s World Cup, his batting was invaluable, securing a tie with Bangladesh.

He has since become a mainstay of the Canadian cricket team. He has played sixteen one-day internationals, more than any other Canadian player. Indeed, he has played every Canadian ODI since he made his debut in the 2003 World Cup against Bangladesh. The only Canadian ODIs he has not played in were the three that took place before he was born.

Despite his ever-present position in the Canadian ODI team, he missed the 2005 ICC Trophy, though he did play the 2001 tournament, the highlight of which was an innings that took the Canadians to victory over the UAE after spending a night in hospital due to being hit in the face when keeping.

[edit] Sources

• Ashish Bagai at Cricinfo
• Cricket Archive profile

	Canada squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Harris | 2 de Groot | 3 Billcliff | 4 Maraj | 5 Chumney | 6 F. Samad | 7 Patel | 8 Davison | 9 Bagai | 10 Thuraisingam | 11 Joseph | 12 Seebaran | 13 Codrington | 14 Ifill | 15 A. Samad