PLAYER CAREER

Ajit Wadekar

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1966–1974

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	37	71	33	56	1966-12-13	1974-07-04
ODI	2	2	2	2	1974-07-13	1974-07-15

39Internationals

2,186Career runs

1Centuries

—Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 37
Innings: 71
Runs: 2,113
Average: 31.07
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 143
Not outs: 3
100s: 1
50s: 14
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 37
Innings: 7
Balls: 61
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 55
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 5.40
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 37
Innings: 69
Catches: 46
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 46
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 46
Dismissals / inns: 0.666
Best innings: 4 (4ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Runs: 73
Average: 36.50
Strike rate: 81.11
Highest score: 67
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 11
6s: 0
Balls faced: 90

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: —
Balls: —
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: —
Wickets: —
Average: N/A
Economy: N/A
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: —
5 wickets: —
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 2
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

39 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1974-07-15	England v India	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1974-07-13	England v India	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
1974-07-04	England v India	Test	England won by inns & 78 runs
1974-06-20	England v India	Test	England won by inns & 285 runs
1974-06-06	England v India	Test	England won by 113 runs
1973-02-06	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1973-01-25	England v India	Test	Match drawn
1973-01-12	England v India	Test	India won by 4 wickets
1972-12-30	England v India	Test	India won by 28 runs
1972-12-20	England v India	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1971-08-19	England v India	Test	India won by 4 wickets
1971-08-05	England v India	Test	Match drawn

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

196612 runs
1967442 runs
1968407 runs
1969503 runs
1971355 runs
197271 runs
1973241 runs
197482 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19660 wickets
19670 wickets
19690 wickets
19710 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1974	3	6	82	36	13.66	40.79	0	0	7	0	201	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1973	3	6	241	90	48.20	40.64	0	2	28	1	593	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1972	2	4	71	44	17.75	42.26	0	0	11	0	168	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1971	8	13	355	85	27.30	—	0	2	—	0	—	1	N/A	4.00	N/A
1969	8	16	503	91	33.53	—	0	3	—	0	—	2	N/A	5.66	N/A
1968	6	12	407	143	37.00	—	1	2	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1967	6	12	442	99	36.83	—	0	5	65	1	—	2	N/A	5.66	N/A
1966	1	2	12	8	6.00	—	0	0	2	0	—	2	N/A	7.71	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197473 runs

Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1974	2	2	73	67	36.50	81.11	0	1	11	0	90	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1966-12-13
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Brabourne
1968-02-29
Highest recorded innings · 143 runs
Test v New Zealand · Wellington
1974-07-15
Latest available scorecard
ODI v England · The Oval