Ashutosh Agashe

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Ashutosh Agashe
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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 (age 51)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Spouse(s)
Shalini Agashe (née Phadke)
​
(
m. 1997; div. 2013)
Parent(s)Dnyaneshwar Agashe (father) and Rekha Agashe (mother)
RelativesMandar Agashe (brother)
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

Ashutosh Agashe (born 21 October 1972) is an Indian cricket player and businessman. In his youth, he played the Ranji Trophy.[1] He is currently managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate.[2]

Early life[edit]

Agashe was born on 21 October 1972 into an aristocratic and entrepreneurial Chitpavan brahmin family of businessman Dnyaneshwar Agashe and wife Rekha Agashe (née Gogte).[3][4] He is a grandson of industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe and a nephew of Panditrao Agashe through his father,[5] and a great-nephew of Raosaheb Gogte through his mother.[6] He has one brother and one sister.[7] He was married to Shalini Phadke,[8] a descendant of the Kurundwad Junior princely state of the Patwardhan Dynasty,[9] from 1997[10] till 2013.[citation needed] Some of his prominent relations include musician Ashutosh Phatak,[11] historian Dinkar G. Kelkar,[12] scientist P. K. Kelkar,[13] and Third Anglo-Maratha War general Bapu Gokhale.[14]

Cricket career[edit]

Agashe played cricket under his college, the University of Pune,[15] before he represented his home state of Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy and played for the Maharashtra cricket team from 1997 to 1999.[16][17] 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.[18] Agashe was part of his father's Maharashtra Cricket Association committee as a representative for the Club of Maharashtra.[19][20]

Ranji Trophy matches played by Agashe[16]
Date Tournament Zone Match Stadium Code
25 February 1997 Ranji Trophy 1996/97 Super League Group A Orissa v Maharashtra Barabati Stadium, Cuttack rt2664
14 February 1998 Ranji Trophy 1997/98 Super League Group B Uttar Pradesh v Maharashtra Ordinance Equipment Factory Ground, Kanpur rt2740
16 November 1998 Ranji Trophy 1998/99 West Zone Maharashtra v Gujarat Pune Club Ground, Pune rt2793
5 February 1999 Ranji Trophy 1998/99 Super League Group B Maharashtra v Delhi Nehru Stadium, Pune rt2822
13 March 1999 Ranji Trophy 1998/99 Super League Group B Maharashtra v Tamil Nadu Pune Club Ground, Pune rt2848

Business career[edit]

Agashe began as director to Brima Finance Ltd in 1994, and has been managing director at Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate since 1996.[21] 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.[21] He has been director at Agashe Brothers Financing Company since 2009 and Baumgarten and Wallia since 2010.[22]

He was elected the chairman of Suvarna Sahakari Bank for the year 2004-5.[23][24] He was one of the directors implicated during the Bank's alleged scam in 2008.[25][26][27] As managing director of the Syndicate, he received the DSK Group Energy Award of 2007 for corporate implementation of energy efficiency improvement measures.[28]

Philanthropy[edit]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in India in May 2021, Agashe donated oxygen concentrators to hospitals in Shreepur, Maharashtra.[29][30]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Wadhwaney, Kishin r (1 January 2005). Indian Cricket And Corruption. Siddharth Publications. p. 140. ISBN 9788172201760.
  2. ↑ Kelkar, Siddhart (2009). "Friends recall royal Agashe, despite taint". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Ranade, Sadashiv (1974). Agashe Kula-vr̥ttānta (in मराठी). p. 61. LCCN 74903020. OCLC 20388396.
  4. ↑ "Belgav Gharana, Dusra" [The 2nd House of Belgaum]. Gogte Kulavruttant [The Gogte Family Genealogy Almanac] (in मराठी). Pune: Gogte Committee. 2006. p. 447. Family of Gogte, Rekha
  5. ↑ Karandikar, Shakuntala (1992). Viśvasta [The Trusted One] (in मराठी) (1st ed.). Pune: Śrī Prakāśana (published July 1992). pp. Illustration 5, 8. ISBN 9781532345012. LCCN 2017322865. OCLC 992168228.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  6. ↑ Kamath, M. V. (1991). The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist. Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House. p. 10. OCLC 615009908 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Karandikar, Shakuntala (1992). Viśvasta [The Trusted One] (in मराठी) (1st ed.). Pune: Śrī Prakāśana (published July 1992). p. Illustration 20. ISBN 9781532345012. LCCN 2017322865. OCLC 992168228.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  8. ↑ Agashe, Trupti; Agashe, Gopal (2006). "Mangdari Gharana" [The House of Mangdari]. In Wad, Mugdha (ed.). Agashe Kulvrutant [The Agashe Family Genealogy] (in मराठी) (2nd ed.). Hyderabad: Surbhi Graphics. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-5323-4500-5.
  9. ↑ Phadke, Vitthal (1988). Chitpavan Phadke Kulavruttant (First ed.). Pune.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ Barve, Ramesh; Vartak, Taraprakash; Belvalkar, Sharchandra, eds. (2002). Putra Viśvastācā : Gaurava Grantha [The Son of the Trusted One : A Festschrift] (in मराठी) (1st ed.). Pune: Dnyaneshwar Agashe Gaurava Samitī. pp. 1–2, 27–28. ISBN 978-1-5323-4594-4. LCCN 2017322865. OCLC 992168227.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  11. ↑ Ranade, Sadashiv (1982). Phatak Kulavruttant. Pune. p. 56.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ↑ Kelkar, Bhaskar; Kelkar, Govind; Kelkar, Yashwant (1993). Kelkar Kulavruttant. Thane. p. 82.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ↑ Kelkar, Bhaskar; Kelkar, Govind; Kelkar, Yashwant (1993). Kelkar Kulavruttant. Thane. p. 89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ↑ Pathak, Gangadhar (1978). Gokhale kulavr̥ttānta (in मराठी) (2nd ed.). Pune: Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa. p. 1286. LCCN 81902590.
  15. ↑ Report of the Deccan Education Society, Poona, for the Year ... The Society. 1 January 1994. p. 28. Agashe Ashutosh Cricket University of Poona
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Oracle, CricketArchives. Cricket Stats (Report). Retrieved 19 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  17. ↑ 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
  18. ↑ "Ashutosh Agashe". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  19. ↑ Korde, Rajesh (1 January 2004). "Agashe and team reinstated on MCA". Times of India.
  20. ↑ "District court delivers a jolt to Agashe". Times of India. 31 October 2004.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Howling Wolves ties up with BMSS to market wines". Business Line. 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Ashutosh Dnyaneshwar Agashe - Director information and companies associated with | Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  23. ↑ "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.
  24. ↑ "Agashe heads Suvarna Sahakari". Times of India. 3 September 2004.
  25. ↑ "Agashe, others sent to judicial custody - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  26. ↑ "Son attends funeral under police eye - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  27. ↑ "Mandar Agashe's bail plea rejected - Times of India". The Times of India.
  28. ↑ "DSK Energy awards presented". Times of India. 21 December 2007.
  29. ↑ "आशुतोष आगाशे श्रीपूरकरांच्या मदतीला धावले". Tarun Bharat (in मराठी). 9 May 2021.
  30. ↑ "आशुतोष आगाशे यांच्या कडून श्री. सेवा हॉस्पिटलला ऑक्सिजन कंसन्ट्रेटर". Surajya (in मराठी). 12 May 2021.

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