He was a right-handed batsman who played for Haryana. Agarwal made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1982-1983 season, against Bengal. From the opening order, he scored 18 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.
He worked as a flight purser for Indian Airlines and was on board Flight 491 which crashed on 26 April 1993, after take-off from Aurangabad.
He was one of 55 people who died in the accident.