5 records prove that Ajit Agarkar is an unsung hero of Indian cricket

# A Century at Lord's

Agarkar was not willing to go down without a fight.

Ajit Agarkar has a batting record to his name that even Sachin Tendulkar doesn't. He is one amongst the eight Indian players, who have scored a century at Lord's, England. Others are Vinoo Mankad, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Gundappa Viswanath, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly and Ajinkya Rahane.

India and England locked horns at the iconic stadium in July 2002 and England set the visitors a target of 568. Agarkar came to bat when India were struggling at 170/6. He built a 126-run partnership with VVS Laxman (74) before the latter departed at 296/7.

Agarkar was not willing to go down without a fight. With the help of tailenders, he added another 101 runs to India's total. In the end, he ran out of partners and India were eventually all out for 397, handing England a win by 170 runs.

Agarkar remained unbeaten on 109 off 190 balls, including 16 fours. India lost the match but Agarkar won a million hearts.