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{{Short description|Indian cricket player and businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ashutosh Agashe
| image =Ashutosh-agashe-economic-times-promising-brands-award-2019-brihans-natural-products.jpg
|caption = Ashutosh Agashe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce]] & [[University of Pune]]
| known_for = Cricketer, businessman
| office1 = [[Managing Director]] of the [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate]]
| term_start1 = 1996
| term_end1 = [[Incumbent]]
| predecessor1 = [[Dnyaneshwar Agashe]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Shalini Agashe (née Phadke)|1997|2013|end=divorce}}
| parents = [[Dnyaneshwar Agashe]] (father) and Rekha Agashe (mother)
| relatives = Mandar Agashe (brother)
| module = {{Infobox cricketer|embed = yes
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = [[Batsman]], [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]]
| year1 = 1996/97–1999/00
| club1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 263
| bat avg1 = 2.25
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 6
| deliveries1 = 588
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 50.80
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/20
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
| column2 = [[List A]]
| matches2 = 11
| runs2 = 438
| bat avg2 = 5.20
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 7
| deliveries2 = 535
| wickets2 = 10
| bowl avg2 = 40.60
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/26
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/0
| date = 19 August
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26188.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
}}

'''Ashutosh Agashe''' (born 21 October 1972) is an Indian cricket player and businessman. In his youth, he played the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OueBAAAAMAAJ&q=ashutosh+agashe|title=Indian Cricket And Corruption|last=Wadhwaney|first=Kishin r|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Siddharth Publications|isbn=9788172201760|pages=140|language=en}}</ref> He is currently managing director of [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate]].<ref name="Siddhart">{{cite news |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/friends-recall-royal-agashe-despite-taint/|title=Friends recall royal Agashe, despite taint|work=[[Indian Express]]|first= Siddhart |last=Kelkar|year=2009|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref>

==Early life==

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).<ref name="Kula-vr̥ttānta">{{cite book|last=Ranade|first=Sadashiv|author-link=Sadashiv Ranade|title=Agashe Kula-vr̥ttānta|year=1974|page=61|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=74903020&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10|language=mr|oclc=20388396|lccn=74903020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Gogte Kulavruttant|publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|page=447|language=mr|trans-title=The [[Gogte (disambiguation)|Gogte]] Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]|quote=Family of Gogte, Rekha}}</ref> He is a grandson of industrialist [[Chandrashekhar Agashe]] and a nephew of [[Panditrao Agashe]] through his father,<ref>{{cite book|last=Karandikar|first=Shakuntala|year=1992|title=Viśvasta|trans-title=The Trusted One|url=https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Vishwasta-9781532345012-Karandikar-Shakuntala-59957185|language=mr|edition=1st|location=[[Pune]]|publisher=Śrī Prakāśana|pages= Illustration 5, 8|publication-date=July 1992|isbn=((9781532345012))|lccn=2017322865|oclc=992168228}}</ref> and a great-nephew of [[Raosaheb Gogte]] through his mother.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7QgAAAAIAAJ&q=dnyaneshwar+agashe|title=The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist|last1=Kamath|first1=M. V.|author-link=M. V. Kamath|date=1991|location=[[Mumbai]]|page=10|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|language=en|via=[[Google Books]]|oclc=615009908}}</ref> He has one [[Mandar Agashe|brother]] and one [[Sheetal Agashe|sister]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Karandikar|first=Shakuntala|year=1992|title=Viśvasta|trans-title=The Trusted One|url=https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Vishwasta-9781532345012-Karandikar-Shakuntala-59957185|language=mr|edition=1st|location=[[Pune]]|publisher=Śrī Prakāśana|page= Illustration 20|publication-date=July 1992|isbn=((9781532345012))|lccn=2017322865|oclc=992168228}}</ref> He was married to Shalini Phadke,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Agashe|first1=Trupti|last2=Agashe|first2=Gopal|editor1-last=Wad|editor1-first=Mugdha|title=Agashe Kulvrutant|trans-title= The [[Agashe]] Family Genealogy|chapter=Mangdari Gharana|chapter-url=http://chitpavanagashepariwar.org.in/all_in_a_gharane2_06.php|trans-chapter=The House of Mangdari|date=2006|publisher=Surbhi Graphics|location=[[Hyderabad]]|edition=2nd|url=http://chitpavanagashepariwar.org.in|language=mr|isbn=978-1-5323-4500-5|page=62}}</ref> a descendant of the [[Kurundwad Junior]] [[princely state]] of the [[Patwardhan#Patwardhan Dynasty|Patwardhan Dynasty]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Phadke |first1=Vitthal |title=Chitpavan Phadke Kulavruttant |date=1988 |location=[[Pune]] |edition=First}}</ref> from 1997<ref>{{cite book|editor-last2=Vartak|editor-first2=Taraprakash|editor-last3=Belvalkar|editor-first3=Sharchandra|year=2002|title=Putra Viśvastācā : Gaurava Grantha|trans-title=The Son of the Trusted One : A Festschrift|url=https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Putra-Vishwastacha-9781532345944--Dnyaneshwar-Agashe-Foundation-60041345|language=mr|edition=1st|location=[[Pune]]|publisher=Dnyaneshwar Agashe Gaurava Samitī|isbn=((978-1-5323-4594-4))|editor-last=Barve|editor-first=Ramesh|lccn=2017322865|oclc=992168227|pages=1-2, 27-28}}</ref> till 2013.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} Some of his prominent relations include musician [[Ashutosh Phatak]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ranade |first1=Sadashiv |author-link=Sadashiv Ranade |title=Phatak Kulavruttant |date=1982 |location=[[Pune]] |page=56}}</ref> historian [[Dinkar G. Kelkar]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelkar |first1=Bhaskar |last2=Kelkar |first2=Govind |last3=Kelkar |first3=Yashwant |title=Kelkar Kulavruttant |date=1993 |location=[[Thane]] |page=82}}</ref> scientist [[P. K. Kelkar]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelkar |first1=Bhaskar |last2=Kelkar |first2=Govind |last3=Kelkar |first3=Yashwant |title=Kelkar Kulavruttant |date=1993 |location=[[Thane]] |page=89}}</ref> and [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] general [[Bapu Gokhale]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pathak|first=Gangadhar|author-link=Gangadhar Pathak|title=Gokhale kulavr̥ttānta|date=1978|publisher=Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa|location=[[Pune]]|pages=1286|edition=2nd|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=81902590&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10|language=mr|lccn=81902590}}</ref>

==Cricket career==

Agashe played cricket under his college, the [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|University of Pune]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_6CwvskDKoC&q=ashutosh+agashe|title=Report of the Deccan Education Society, Poona, for the Year ...|date=1994-01-01|publisher=The Society|pages=28|language=en|quote=Agashe Ashutosh Cricket University of Poona}}</ref> before he represented his home state of [[Maharashtra]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] and played for the [[Maharashtra cricket team]] from 1997 to 1999.<ref name="Cricket Archive">{{cite report|url=http://stats.thecricketer.com/Players/7/7796/Ranji_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Cricket Stats|last=Oracle|author-link=Oracle|first=CricketArchives|access-date=19 August 2016}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWdDAAAAYAAJ&q=ashutosh+agashe|title=India Today|date=2017-03-11|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited|pages=264|language=en|quote=Ashutosh Agashe, a cricketer of very ordinary ability, who played only five Ranji matches}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26188.html|title=Ashutosh Agashe|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref> Agashe was part of his father's [[Maharashtra Cricket Association]] committee as a representative for the Club of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Korde|first1=Rajesh|title=Agashe and team reinstated on MCA|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=TOIPU/2004/01/01/14/Ar01400.xml&CollName=TOI_PUNE_ARCHIVE&DOCID=17121&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAshutosh%3Cphrase%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAgashe%29%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=1 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=District court delivers a jolt to Agashe|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=TOIPU/2004/10/31/17/Ar01701.xml&CollName=TOI_PUNE_ARCHIVE&DOCID=189283&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAshutosh%3Cphrase%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAgashe%29%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=31 October 2004}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" summary="the first column indicates date, the second indicates the tournament name, the third indicates zone of player, the fourth indicates the match, the fifth indicates the location of match and the sixth indicates the player code."
|+ style="text-align: left;" | [[Ranji Trophy]] matches played by Agashe<ref name="Cricket Archive"/>
|-
! scope="col" | Date !! scope="col" | Tournament !! scope="col" | Zone !! scope="col" | Match !! scope="col" | Stadium !! scope=''col'' | Code
|-
! scope="row" | 25 February 1997 || [[Ranji Trophy]] 1996/97 || Super League Group A || [[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]] v [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] || Barabati Stadium, [[Cuttack]] || rt2664
|-
! scope="row" | 14 February 1998 || [[Ranji Trophy]] 1997/98 || Super League Group B || [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] v [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] || Ordinance Equipment Factory Ground, [[Kanpur]] || rt2740
|-
! scope="row" | 16 November 1998 || [[Ranji Trophy]] 1998/99 || West Zone || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] v [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] || Pune Club Ground, [[Pune]] || rt2793
|-
! scope="row" | 5 February 1999 || [[Ranji Trophy]] 1998/99 || Super League Group B || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] v [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] || Nehru Stadium, [[Pune]] || rt2822
|-
! scope="row" | 13 March 1999 || [[Ranji Trophy]] 1998/99 || Super League Group B || [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] v [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] || Pune Club Ground, [[Pune]] || rt2848
|}

==Business career==

Agashe began as director to Brima Finance Ltd in 1994, and has been managing director at [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate]] since 1996.<ref name="Business Line">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-marketing/howling-wolves-ties-up-with-bmss-to-market-wines/article2179135.ece|title=Howling Wolves ties up with BMSS to market wines|work=[[Business Line]]|access-date=19 August 2016|year=2005}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Business Line"/> He has been director at Agashe Brothers Financing Company since 2009 and Baumgarten and Wallia since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/ASHUTOSH-DNYANESHWAR-AGASHE/00017505|title=Ashutosh Dnyaneshwar Agashe - Director information and companies associated with {{!}} Zauba Corp|website=www.zaubacorp.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref>

He was elected the chairman of [[Suvarna Sahakari Bank]] for the year 2004-5.<ref name="Financial Express">{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/suvarna-sahakari-bank-placed-under-moratorium/177877/|title=Suvarna Sahakari Bank placed under moratorium|work=[[The Financial Express (India)]]|access-date=19 August 2016|year=2006|quote=Agashe was ousted from the MCA and had passed on the baton to his son, Ashutosh Agashe recently.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Agashe heads Suvarna Sahakari|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=TOIPU/2004/09/03/3/Ar00304.xml&CollName=TOI_PUNE_ARCHIVE&DOCID=164529&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAshutosh%3Cphrase%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAgashe%29%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=3 September 2004}}</ref> He was one of the directors implicated during the Bank's alleged scam in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Agashe-others-sent-to-judicial-custody/articleshow/3753033.cms|title=Agashe, others sent to judicial custody - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/son-attends-funeral-under-police-eye/406420/|title=Son attends funeral under police eye - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mandar Agashe's bail plea rejected - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Mandar-Agashes-bail-plea-rejected/articleshow/4236853.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> As managing director of the Syndicate, he received the [[DSK Group]] Energy Award of 2007 for corporate implementation of energy efficiency improvement measures.<ref>{{cite news|title=DSK Energy awards presented|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=TOIPU/2007/12/21/6/Ar00600.xml&CollName=TOI_PUNE_ARCHIVE_2006&DOCID=321184&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAshutosh%3Cphrase%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAgashe%29%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=21 December 2007}}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] in May 2021, Agashe donated [[oxygen concentrator]]s to hospitals in [[Shreepur, Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=आशुतोष आगाशे श्रीपूरकरांच्या मदतीला धावले |date=May 9, 2021 |work=[[Tarun Bharat]] |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=आशुतोष आगाशे यांच्या कडून श्री. सेवा हॉस्पिटलला ऑक्सिजन कंसन्ट्रेटर |date=May 12, 2021 |work=[[Surajya]] |language=mr}}</ref>

==References==
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