Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Anurag Agarwal is a player who has shown great stroke play and elegance from his early days. He came to limelight with his performances in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2008-09.

Agarwal is primarily renowned for his sound strokeplay and remarkable consistency with the bat in the top order.

Mayank Agarwal: Along the Years

Mayank Agarwal Records

• Mayank Agarwal was the highest run-scorer for India in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010

• Agarwal was the leading run-scorer in the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy

• Agarwal holds the record for scoring the most runs in an Indian domestic season. In the 2017-18 season, he scored 2,141 runs across all formats.

• Highest score by an Indian batter on Test debut in Australia (76) after Dattu Phadkar

• Fourth-fastest Indian to score 1,000 runs in Tests after Vinod Kambli, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Cheteshwar Pujara

• Joint second-highest sixes by an Indian batter in a Test innings (8) 

• Second-fastest batter to score two double centuries in terms of innings in Tests (12) after Vinod Kambli

• Second-highest individual score by an Indian batter in Tests against Bangladesh (243) after Sachin Tendulkar

• Joint-third Indian opener to score two double centuries in Tests (2), along with Vinoo Mankad, Wasim Jaffer, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, after Virender Sehwag and Sunil Gavaskar

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Mayank Agarwal: Awards and Accolades

• Player of the Series in Karnataka Premier League in 2010

• In June 2018, Mayank Agarwal was awarded the Madhavrao Scindia Award for The Highest Run-Scorer in the Ranji Trophy by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

• In January 2024, Mayank Agarwal was awarded the Madhavrao Scindia Award for being ‘The Highest Run-Scorer’ in the Ranji Trophy by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Mayank Agarwal Career

Mayank Agarwal scored a lot of runs In the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He started his IPL career in 2011 with Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru). He made his debut in international cricket in the Test series against Australia in 2018.

Mayank Agarwal Domestic Career

Mayank Agarwal started his domestic career in the year 2010. In 2013, he made his first-class career debut against Jharkhand but in future matches, he was not able to play as per his potential. In 2014-15, Mayank suffered fitness issues and had to work on physical as well as mental strength. He came out of this phase strongly. In the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy, he scored a triple century while batting for Karnataka against Maharashtra. In the same month, he scores 1000 first-class runs.

These powerful batting performances made him the leading run-scorer in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy as he ended the tournament with 1,160 to his name. He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy where he scored 723 runs in just eight matches. He scored 2,141 runs in the 2017-18 domestic season, which is the most by any batsman in an Indian domestic season. Following his excellent performance in Ranji and Vijay Hazare Trophy, he was named in India B’s squad for the 2018-19 Deodhar Trophy.

Mayank Agarwal IPL Career

In 2011, Mayank Agarwal was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru) for IPL 2011. His performance in IPL was underwhelming. In 2014, he was bought by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) and left them to join Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017. Following his excellent performance in the 2017-18 domestic season, a lot of the IPL teams were interested to pick him for the 2018 IPL. He was finally picked up by Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) for the IPL auction price of Rs 1 crore and he delivered the goods for them in his stint with the team as he had his career-best seasons with the Kings for three consecutive years, including his personal best season of scoring 424 runs in 11 matches at a strike rate of 156.45, where he had also scored his maiden IPL century against the Rajasthan Royals.

Agarwal was appointed as the skipper of Punjab Kings in IPL 2022 after their former skipper KL Rahul was drafted into the newly inducted Lucknow Super Giants but had a below-par season, both as a skipper as well as a batter. In the IPL 2023 auction, he was roped in by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for an amount of INR 8.75 crores.

Mayank Agarwal International Career

Mayank Agarwal has been a specialist in Tests, but he was not given the same amount of opportunities in the limited-over formats.

Mayank Agarwal ODI Career

Mayank Agarwal was named as a replacement for the injured Vijay Shankar at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 but did not get to make his ODI debut. He later made his ODI debut against New Zealand in Hamilton on February 05, 2020. He has played only 5 matches and managed to score 86 runs, with his last ODI game coming against Australia in Sydney on November 29, 2020.

Mayank Agarwal Test Career

Mayank Agarwal was named in India’s Test squad for the series against team West Indies in 2018 but didn’t play. His Test debut came against Australia in December 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He scored 76 runs in the first inning, the highest by an Indian cricketer on Test debut in Australia, and broke the 71-year-old record of Dattu Phadkar. 

Agarwal scored his maiden Test century against South Africa at Vishakhapatnam in October 2019 and converted his maiden Test century into a double century. He overtook Sir Don Bradman’s record of being the quickest to two double-centuries in terms of innings (8) when he scored his second double-century against Bangladesh in November 2019. 

Despite scoring 1488 runs in 21 matches at a healthy average of 41.33, the Karnataka batter has been sidelined from the scheme of things in the longest format owing to stiff competition, having played his last Test against Sri Lanka on March 12, 2022, in Bengaluru.

Mayank Agarwal Captaincy

Mayank Agarwal donned the captain’s role for the Punjab Kings after his Bengaluru counterpart was released ahead of IPL 2022. Agarwal had a poor stint as a captain which eventually affected his batting form as well.

Mayank Agarwal Under-19 Career

Mayank Agarwal was part of the Under-19 squad which represented India at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010. Though India did not have a stellar tournament, Agarwal was the shining spot for the Men in Blue, who was the team’s highest run-getter of that tournament.

Mayank Agarwal’s Family

Mayank’s father, Pranav Kumar Pandey is a builder and his brother, Raj Kishan used to play cricket at the State Level. He got engaged to Aashita Sood in 2018.

Mayank Agarwal’s Net Worth

As of 2024, Mayank Agarwal’s net worth is estimated to be around USD 7 million.