In my previous post on Agarkar, I was surprised at the number of supportive comments that the fast bowler got.
So I did a bit of digging. The last time Agarkar took 5 wickets was against Sri Lanka when they were here last time. (BTW the man has taken 5 wickets in an innings only twice in a career of 157 matches, proves my point that he is not a match-winning bowler).
Since then here are his stats (overs in brackets): 2/59 (9.4), 2/47 (10), 2/55 (9.4), 1/25 (7), 0/41 (5), 0/33 (7), 2/58 (9), 2/52 (10), 0/21 (6), 1/38 (7), 1/60 (10), 2/34 (7.5) and 0/28 (5).
That's 15/551 @ 36.73 in 13 matches at a economy rate of 5.4 runs per over.
In 13 matches he has bowled his full quota only 3 times and bowled 9 overs 3 times. He is used mostly as a part-time bowler.
Then why is he in the team. For his fielding??