FULL NAME: Ajay Barik
NICK NAME: Michlae and Kuni
BORN: January 10, 1976 in Cuttack, Odisha
FAMILY: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Cuttack, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Working at East Coast Railway in Puri.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.
HOME CLUB: Union Sporting
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa U-15, U-16, U-19, Seniors and East Zone Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 38 First-Class, 15 List-A and 11 Miscellaneous matches in a career, spanning from seasons 1989-90 to 2002-03.
*     The 38 First-Class matches include 36 for Orissa in Ranji Trophy and 2 for East Zone in Duleep Trophy.
*     Played all 15 List-A matches in Ranji Trophy One-Day Tournament.
*     The 11 Miscellaneous matches featured 1 in Vijay Merchant Trophy U-15 Tournament, 5 in Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 Tournament and 5 in Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Tournament.

OVERALL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 38 matches, 42 innings, 12 not outs, 140 runs, average 4.66, highest score 50, centuries 0, half-century 1 and 19 catches.
Bowling: 38 matches, 971.5 overs, 3400 runs, 96 wickets, average 35.41, best bowling in an innings 5/18, economy 3.49.

OVERALL LIST A PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: 15 matches, 7 innings, 5 not-outs, 42 runs, average 21.00, highest score 15, century 0, half-century 0 and 3 catches.
Bowling: 15 matches, 120.3 overs, 460 runs, 10 wickets, average 46.00, best bowling in an innings 2/15, best bowling in a match 2/15, economy 3.82.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
0, 2/50: Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Elite Group-B match, KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow, 28-31 Dec, 2002.
1, 2/85, 1: Odisha vs Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy, Elite Group-B match, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 19-21 Dec, 2002.
3/99, 5, 0: Odisha vs Baroda, Ranji Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 27-29 Nov, 2002.
4*, 2/71, DNB: Odisha vs Punjab, Ranji Trophy, Elite Group-B match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-20 Nov, 2002.
1*, 4/72: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, 9-12 November, 2002.
1*, 2/74, 0*, 0/19: East Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal match, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 19-22 March, 2002.
2/53, 0, 2/98, 1*: Odisha vs Punjab, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal match, PCA Stadium, Mohali, 5-9 February, 2002.
1/65, 0, 2/79, DNB: Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 27-31 Jan, 2002.
DNB, 2/63: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 5-8 January, 2002.
0*, 0/30, DNB, 5/18: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Permit Ground, Balasore, 29 Dec 2001-1 Jan 2002.
4/46, DNB, 2/72: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 21-24 December, 2001.
2/27, 0, 1/4: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, LB Shastri Stadium, Bhawanipatna, 22-24 November, 2001.
1/126, 5*, 2/71, DNB: Odisha vs Baroda, Ranji Trophy semifinal match, GSFC Ground, Vadodara, 5-9 April, 2001.
1/94, 0, 1/65, DNB: Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Quarterfinal, Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, 22-26 March, 2001.
0, 2/47, DNB, 0/36: Odisha vs Jammu & Kashmir, Ranji Trophy, Pre-Quarterfinal, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 11-14 March, 2001.
1/25, 0, 0/26, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Tinsukia DSA Ground, Tinsukia, 4-6 January, 2001.
4, 3/48, 50*, 1/78: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 28-31, December, 2000.
1/13, DNB, 0/12: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, MBB College Stadium, Agartala, 22-24 December, 2000.
3/97, DNB, 2/63: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 19-22 November, 2000.
3/89, 1, 0/29, DNB: Odisha vs Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy, Group-C Super League, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 4-7 March, 2000.
0, 0/69, 1, 0/5: Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy, Group-C Super League match, Modi Stadium, Kanpur, 16-19 February, 2000.
3*, 3/56, 1/30: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, SCS College Ground, Puri, 12-14 January, 2000.
0, 1/24, DNB, 0/16: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Angul Stadium, Angul, 3-6 January, 2000.
0, 4/83, DNB: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-28 December, 1999.
1/97, 0, 0/22, DNB: East Zone vs West Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 9-13 December, 1999.
16, 2/73, DNB: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 22-25 November, 1999.
3*, 1/123, 0*: Odisha vs Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-B, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 4-7 Mar, 1999.
0, 0/48, 25, 4/32: Odisha vs Maharashtra, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-B, Pune Club Ground, Pune, 23-26 February, 1999.
1/69, 0, 2/50: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 2-5 January, 1999.
3/84, 0, 1/7: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 22-25, November, 1998.
1, 1/31, DNB, 0/28: Odisha vs Railways, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-A match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 4-7 March, 1998.
1, 0/76, 0*: Odisha vs Karnataka, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-A match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 23-25 February, 1998.
3, 2/94, 0: Odisha vs Mumbai, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-A match, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 14-16 February, 1998.
DNB, 0/23, 1/12: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 26-29 December, 1997.
DNB, 2/59, 0/12: Odisha vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-20 December, 1997.
0, 2/18, 2/12: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 22-24 November, 1997.
0/84, 4, DNB: Odisha vs Kerala, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-A match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 16-19 Feb, 1997.
9, 3/119, DNB: Odisha vs Punjab, Ranji Trophy, Super League Group-A match, PCA Stadium, Mohali, 7-10 Feb, 1997.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Became the second Orissa bowler to complete a hat-trick in First-Class matches, dismissing Assam batsmen Bachan Singh Gokulkrishnan and Sukhvinder Singh in successive balls in the 2nd innings of their East Zone Ranji Trophy match at Permit Ground, Balasore on 1 January, 2002.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 27 June, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 November, 2020