 He made his first-class debut on 13 February 1995 at the age of 16 and became the youngest player from Assam to play First class cricket and his final appearance came when he was only 20.His best performance came against Bengal in 1996 when he took 6/49.In May 2006 Bhagawati opened The City Cricket Academy in Leicester, in February 2008 Mike Gatting former England and Middlesex skipper opened their new state of the art premises at Freeman's Common.