Ajay Ratra

Ajay Ratra

Personal information
Full name	Ajay Ratra
Born	(1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 43) Faridabad, Haryana, India
Nickname	Bunty, !Cousin- Sahil Madan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	India (2002)
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
Years	Team
1999–2005	Haryana
2007–2011	Goa
2011–2013	Tripura
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 6 12 99 89 Runs scored 163 90 4,029 1381 Batting average 18.11 12.85 30.29 22.63 100s/50s 1/0 0/0 8/17 1/6 Top score 115* 30 204* 103 Catches/stumpings 11/2 11/5 233/27 78/30
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2015

Ajay Ratra pronunciation^ⓘ (born 13 December 1981) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He made his ODI debut on 19 Jan 2002 against England. He is appointed by the BCCI as the National Selector of the Indian Men's Cricket team in September 2024.

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 first 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 then fell 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. He played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the Goa.

In July 2015 Ratra announced his retirement from cricket. He played 99 first-class matches in which he scored 4029 runs at an average of 30.29 including eight hundreds and a double-century. He also played in 89 List A games in which scored 1381 runs at 22.63.^[2]

Career best performances

Updated 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 (15 April 2000). "First list of NCA trainees". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2007.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Ajay Ratra calls time on 16-year career". ESPNcricinfo. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.