Ajay Ratra

Ajay Ratra
Personal information
Full name Ajay Ratra
Born 13 December 1981
Faridabad, Haryana, India
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style right arm medium
International information
National side
  • India
Test debut (cap 243) 19 April 2002 v West Indies
Last Test 9 September 2002 v England
ODI debut (cap 140) 19 January 2002 v England
Last ODI 9 July 2002 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19992005 Haryana
2007present Goa
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 6 12 80 76
Runs scored 163 90 3,053 1,209
Batting average 18.11 12.85 28.26 24.67
100s/50s 1/- -/- 5/13 1/6
Top score 115* 30 170* 103
Balls bowled 6 - 6 -
Wickets - - - -
Bowling average - - - -
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - n/a - -
Best bowling - - - -
Catches/stumpings 11/2 11/5 187/24 66/27
Source: , 15 October 2010

Ajay Ratra  pronunciation  (born 13 December 1981 in Faridabad) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.

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 only the second 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 has since fallen 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. As of now he plays in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the Goa.

Career Best Performances

as of 15 October 2010

Batting
Score Fixture Venue Season
Tests 115* India v West Indies St. John's 2002
ODI 30 India v England Cuttack 2002
FC 170* Goa v Jharkhand Dhanbad 2009
LA 103 Goa v Karnataka Chennai (GNC) 2007
T20 13 Goa v Karnataka Hyderabad 2010

References

  1. Ramchand, Partab (2000-04-15). "First list of NCA trainees". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-02-08.