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 face of the Canadian cricket team. He has played 52 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 his birth.
Despite his permanent 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.
He holds the Canadian record for highest ODI score after his unbeaten 137 in a losing cause against Scotland. In that same ODI he set a record in One Day International cricket for facing the most number of balls in an ODI innings when batting at number three position(172)[2] He added 100 runs for 4th wicket with Asif Mulla which was the first ever century stand for Canada in an ODI.
2011 World Cup and later yearsedit
Bagai captained the Canadian team during the 2011 Cricket World Cup and made 64* against Kenya off 97 balls as Canada won their first match of the tournament. This was the second World Cup win Canada had registered. Against New Zealand in the following ODI he scored 84 off 87 balls and he shared a 100+ partnership with Jimmy Hansra, Hansra eventually made 70*. However Canada lost by 70 runs as New Zealand managed to score 358 in the first innings.
Referencesedit
^"Ashish Bagai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^"Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
ashish, bagai, born, january, 1982, former, captain, canadian, cricket, team, right, handed, batsman, specialises, wicketkeeper, personal, informationborn, 1982, january, 1982, delhi, indiabattingright, handedrolewicketkeeper, batsmaninternational, information. Ashish Bagai born 26 January 1982 is the former captain of the Canadian cricket team He is a right handed batsman who specialises as a wicketkeeper 1 Ashish BagaiPersonal informationBorn 1982 01 26 26 January 1982 age 41 Delhi IndiaBattingRight handedRoleWicketkeeper batsmanInternational informationNational sideCanada 2003 2013 ODI debut cap 14 11 February 2003 v BangladeshLast ODI13 March 2011 v AustraliaT20I debut cap 1 2 August 2008 v NetherlandsLast T20I26 November 2013 v KenyaCareer statisticsCompetition ODI T20I FC LAMatches 59 14 13 86Runs scored 1 922 314 749 2 374Batting average 38 44 26 16 28 16 32 52100s 50s 2 16 0 2 0 6 2 18Top score 137 53 93 137 Catches stumpings 50 9 4 4 29 3 84 19Source ESPNcricinfo 16 February 2011 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early years 2 2 2011 World Cup and later years 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editHe studied at St Columba s School during his brief stay in Delhi India He moved to Canada at the age of 11 citation needed Career editEarly years edit 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 face of the Canadian cricket team He has played 52 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 his birth Despite his permanent 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 He holds the Canadian record for highest ODI score after his unbeaten 137 in a losing cause against Scotland In that same ODI he set a record in One Day International cricket for facing the most number of balls in an ODI innings when batting at number three position 172 2 He added 100 runs for 4th wicket with Asif Mulla which was the first ever century stand for Canada in an ODI 2011 World Cup and later years edit Bagai captained the Canadian team during the 2011 Cricket World Cup and made 64 against Kenya off 97 balls as Canada won their first match of the tournament This was the second World Cup win Canada had registered Against New Zealand in the following ODI he scored 84 off 87 balls and he shared a 100 partnership with Jimmy Hansra Hansra eventually made 70 However Canada lost by 70 runs as New Zealand managed to score 358 in the first innings References edit Ashish Bagai ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 27 April 2020 Batting records One Day Internationals Cricinfo Statsguru ESPN Cricinfo Cricinfo Retrieved 15 August 2017 External links editAshish Bagai at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ashish Bagai amp oldid 1150458327, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
