Sep 15, 2026
India pick their ODI squad on Wednesday, and their vice-captain will be in Japan
The Asian Games and the West Indies ODI series overlap almost exactly, which means two India squads in two countries and a gold medal match on the sam...
Ajit Agarkar
12 articles tagged with "Ajit Agarkar"
Sep 14, 2026
Agarkar missed the BCCI’s review meeting on September 3, and his contract runs out on October 4
India’s chief selector has three weeks left on his deal, and the board’s office-bearers want a conversation about it this week. First he has to name t...
Sep 2, 2026
Gambhir, Agarkar and both captains are in Mumbai on Thursday, and Rohit’s ODI future is on the agenda
The BCCI has called its head coach, chief selector, Centre of Excellence head and both captains to Mumbai on Thursday, after T20I series defeats in Ir...
Aug 30, 2026
Suryakumar’s captaincy record was one of India’s best, and the World Cup final was his last match for India
Suryakumar Yadav has spoken at length for the first time about being dropped as India’s T20I captain in June, and the question he keeps returning to i...
Aug 4, 2026
The BCCI will review how India manage injuries once the Sri Lanka Tests are done
India’s selectors picked Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka Tests expecting him to be fit. He is not, and the board has lined up a formal review of how...
Jul 25, 2026
India’s Test squad for Sri Lanka lands on Tuesday, with Bumrah’s knee the big call
Ajit Agarkar’s panel has three days to work out how to handle Jasprit Bumrah’s knee and Washington Sundar’s hamstring before a two-Test tour that open...
Jul 9, 2026
Bumrah is back in India’s ODI plans, and it points straight at 2027
Named in an India ODI squad for the first time since the 2023 final, Jasprit Bumrah has become the clearest signpost to where the team’s white-ball pr...
Jun 6, 2026
Shreyas Iyer named India’s new T20I captain as Suryakumar Yadav is dropped
The selectors have ended the captaincy guessing game. Shreyas Iyer takes over India’s T20I side for the Ireland and England tours, Suryakumar Yadav mi...
May 20, 2026
36 Ranji wickets and an 8 for 90: Agarkar’s ‘body allows only T20s’ line on Shami does not survive his own season
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar explained Mohammed Shami’s Afghanistan snub by saying his body permits only T20 cricket, but the Bengal pacer’s 2025-26 Ra...
May 14, 2026
Afghanistan Test puts BCCI selectors in a corner over handing fresh caps to Nabi and Brar
Selectors are wary of handing out Test caps in a fixture that brings no WTC points, leaving the conversation around Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar and Princ...
Apr 8, 2026
Kohli and Rohit are running out of runway and IPL 2026 feels like the starting line
With Test and T20I cricket behind them, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are using IPL 2026 as the first real audition in a long build-up to the 2027 ODI...
Mar 11, 2026
India’s T20I captaincy conundrum: where does Shubman Gill fit after World Cup snub?
Shubman Gill captains India in Tests and ODIs, but his omission from the T20 World Cup squad has raised questions about whether the shortest format ha...