Ashutosh Agashe

Ashutosh Agashe (born 21 October 1972) is an Indian cricket player and businessman. In his youth, he played the Ranji Trophy. He is currently managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate.

Ashutosh Agashe
Managing Director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate
In office
1996  Incumbent
Preceded byDnyaneshwar Agashe
Personal details
Born (1972-10-21) 21 October 1972
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Spouse(s)Shalini Agashe (divorced 2013)
ParentsDnyaneshwar Agashe (father) and Rekha Agashe (mother)
ResidencePune, Maharashtra, India
Alma materBrihan Maharashtra College of Commerce & University of Pune
Known forCricketer, businessman
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman, bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–1999/00Maharashtra
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 5 11
Runs scored 263 438
Batting average 2.25 5.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 7
Balls bowled 588 535
Wickets 5 10
Bowling average 50.80 40.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/20 2/26
Catches/stumpings 1/0 2/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2016

Early life

Agashe was born on 21 October 1972 into an entrepreneurial Chitpavan brahmin family of businessman Dnyaneshwar Agashe and wife Rekha Agashe (née Gogte).[1][2][3] He is the grandson of industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe.[4] He has one brother and one sister.[5] He was married to Shalini Phadke, a descendant of the Patwardhan Dynasty, from 1997 till 2013.[6][7] He graduated with a BCom degree from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in 1994.[2][7]

Cricket career

Agashe played cricket under his college, the University of Pune,[8] before he represented his home state of Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy and played for the Maharashtra cricket team from 1997 to 1999.[9][10] His batting style is the Right-hand bat and his bowling style is Right-arm medium. He has also played List A from 1996 to 2000.[11] Agashe was part of his father's Maharashtra Cricket Association committee as a representative for the Club of Maharashtra.[12][13]

Ranji Trophy matches played by Agashe[9]
DateTournamentZoneMatchStadiumCode
25 February 1997Ranji Trophy 1996/97Super League Group AOrissa v MaharashtraBarabati Stadium, Cuttackrt2664
14 February 1998Ranji Trophy 1997/98Super League Group BUttar Pradesh v MaharashtraOrdinance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpurrt2740
16 November 1998Ranji Trophy 1998/99West ZoneMaharashtra v GujaratPune Club Ground, Punert2793
5 February 1999Ranji Trophy 1998/99Super League Group BMaharashtra v DelhiNehru Stadium, Punert2822
13 March 1999Ranji Trophy 1998/99Super League Group BMaharashtra v Tamil NaduPune Club Ground, Punert2848

Business career

Agashe began as director to Brima Finance Ltd in 1994, and has been managing director at Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate since 1996.[14] He played a key role in establishing the partnership between Howling Wolves Wine Group of Australia and Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate in 2005 which planned to set up a wine production base in India.[14] He has been director at Agashe Brothers Financing Company since 2009 and Baumgarten and Wallia since 2010.[15]

He was elected the chairman of Suvarna Sahakari Bank for the year 2004-5.[16] He was one of the directors implicated during the Bank's alleged scam in 2008.[17][18][19] As managing director of the Syndicate, he received the DSK Group Energy Award of 2007 for corporate implementation of energy efficiency improvement measures.[20]

References

  1. Team. "Singers -kokanastha.com". www.kokanastha.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. Kelkar, Siddhart (2009). "Friends recall royal Agashe, despite taint". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. Wadhwaney, Kishin r (1 January 2005). Indian Cricket And Corruption. Siddharth Publications. p. 140. ISBN 9788172201760. When Ashutosh Agashe, son of Dnayaneshwar, was appointed selector, there were many, who questioned the wisdom of the Maharashtra Cricket Association.
  4. "Suvarna Sahakari Bank placed under moratorium". The Financial Express (India). 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2016. Agashe was ousted from the MCA and had passed on the baton to his son, Ashutosh Agashe recently.
  5. Ranade, Sadashiv (1974). Agashe Kula-vr̥ttānta (in Marathi). p. 375. LCCN 74903020. OCLC 20388396.
  6. Bhūpendra, Karandīkara, Śakuntalā. Viśvasta. Puṇe. ISBN 9781532345012. OCLC 992168228.
  7. Agashe, Trupti; Agashe, Gopal (2006). "Mangdari Gharana" [The House of Mangdari]. In Wad, Mugdha (ed.). Agashe Kulvrutant [The Agashe Family Genealogy] (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Hyderabad: Surbhi Graphics. ISBN 978-1-5323-4500-5. Agashe, Sheetal Dnyaneshwar
  8. Report of the Deccan Education Society, Poona, for the Year ... The Society. 1 January 1994. p. 28. Agashe Ashutosh Cricket University of Poona
  9. Oracle, CricketArchives. Cricket Stats (Report). Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  10. India Today. Thomson Living Media India Limited. 11 March 2017. p. 264. Ashutosh Agashe, a cricketer of very ordinary ability, who played only five Ranji matches
  11. "Ashutosh Agashe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  12. Korde, Rajesh (1 January 2004). "Agashe and team reinstated on MCA". Times of India.
  13. "District court delivers a jolt to Agashe". Times of India. 31 October 2004.
  14. "Howling Wolves ties up with BMSS to market wines". Business Line. 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  15. "Ashutosh Dnyaneshwar Agashe - Director information and companies associated with | Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  16. "Agashe heads Suvarna Sahakari". Times of India. 3 September 2004.
  17. "Agashe, others sent to judicial custody - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  18. "Son attends funeral under police eye - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  19. "Mandar Agashe's bail plea rejected - Times of India". The Times of India.
  20. "DSK Energy awards presented". Times of India. 21 December 2007.
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