Published on: Jun 25, 2018 8:25 pm IST|Updated on: Apr 23, 2024 3:08 pm IST
Mayank Agarwal is an attacking opening batsman who blasted 432 runs in 5 matches in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2008-09 at an average of 54. He also holds a match-winning 160 runs knock for India U-19 against Australia in 2009. He imitates Virender Sehwag and it can be easily noticed in his batting style.
In the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017-18 season, Mayank scored 723 runs in a total of 8 matches at an average of 90.37.
He broke Dinesh Karthik’s record of most runs in a Vijay Hazare Trophy season after the semi-final. He also broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs in a List-A series by an Indian batsman in the final game.
He is the only batsman to score 2000 runs in a single domestic season.
Although his favorite cricketer is V Sehwag, Mayank idolizes Sachin Tendulkar and is the reason behind his passion for cricket.
He has featured for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils, Rising Pune Supergiants in previous editions of Indian Premier League.
Mayank proposed Aashita Sood at the London Eye just before the New Year. Aashita is the elder daughter of Bengaluru’s top cop Praveen Sood. Both were in a relationship for almost 8 years.
Mayank is an alumnus of Jain University and Bishop Cotton Boys’ School
In June 2018, BCCI awarded him the Madhavrao Scindia Award for the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy
Mayank also holds a record of the highest total by any batsman in Indian domestic season. He accumulated 2141 runs across all formats in 2017-18.
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