Appearing in his 97th match of his career, Agarkar became the joint fifth quickest to reach this milestone in least matches among bowlers with over 150 wickets.

Pakistani off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq (78 matches in 1997-98),
South African paceman Allan Donald (89 matches in 1997-98),
Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis (91matches in 1994-95) and
Australian leggie Shane Warne (94 matches in 1997-98) are the only bowlers who have achieved this quicker than Agarkar.

English pace bowler Darren Gough also needed 97 matches to reach his 150th wicket in 2001-02. However Agarkar's feat is by far the quickest by an Indian bowler. Fellow leg- spinner Anil Kumble needed 106 matches to reach his landmark in 1996-97.