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@BacktoCricaddict we will only allow you create threads for foreign players. You are 2-0 with Surya and Rinku.

If coach and captain can’t figure out then it is an issue lol. Adding another head will not solve the problem. Selector is far from strategy and the game itself.

I feel he has retired after kids are born a bit like Bollywood actress. He is more in to brand value and money now. He also moved out of India. So he lost his drive after kids. May be him loosing captaincy also played a part. Sachin probably is the only guy who never lost his love for the game regardless of formats. I remember India used to continuously play Odis and very few tests and it was year round.

It’s a lost chance for India. It was his fault. He was always looking to poke outside off. I lost count on amount of times he would do it. He never developed a backfoot game. He couldn’t play good spin bowling as well. Because his backfoot game is non existent.

Root flipped the script. Someone on this forum wanted Kohli to still play.

Enjoying foreign tours lol. He is out of touch with domestic cricket.

The last match agarkar watched was in 2024 lol. His visits to the fixtures have been few and far between, and it's not a surprise that the grind has now become lonely for the cricketers who frustratingly wait to take the next step It took Padikkal one authoritative inning to convince the chief selector during his rare domestic appearance which begs a pertinent question. How many more Padikkals could have happened had Agarkar given more importance to the domestic competitions. There is a worrying selection trend in Indian cricket in the last 24 months and while some moves have got results, the process isn't pointing towards a stable feeder line. Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Padikkal and Sai Sudharsan have all been more instinct driven calls as all of them don't have the First Class volume behind them. The kind of volume which Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Rajat Patidar and Baba Indrajith have but haven't got the backing the former lot has had. It was baffling that it took selectors so many years to hand Indrajith his maiden India A call during the tour before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and he has been left in the wild after that. The selection committees led by Agarkar owe Sarfaraz, Abhimanyu and others an explanation for the treatment they received and the tight rope they were asked to walk. The rope was in fact abruptly snapped for the two specialist batters who were conveniently dropped from the set-up to give a longer rope to players with little First Class experience but endless backing from the system.When it comes to selections, there's no black and white, but why is the former India cricketer averse to travelling the country to identify potential players and even discuss matters with them on the sidelines? Clear communication hasn't been Agarkar's strongest suit during the tenure but he should have taken a leaf out of his predecessors' book. They maintained a working relationship with the then NCA, India A and U-19 set-up and even the state associations. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ajit-agarkar-a-constant-on-overseas-tours-and-notable-absentee-from-ranji-trophy/articleshow/125632342.cms

He was overhyped on ICF itself lot of people were impressed with his commentary regarding players. But we are taken for a ride.

He is asked to watch domestic competitions now. He was recently in Ahmedabad for SMAT. I don’t understand how these guys get jobs. The interview process need to be strict. I would gladly take someone like John wright as a selector over this Agarkar. At least the foreign guys don’t have biases like Indian selectors.

This also should restrict the tool kit that is deployed during the farmers protest.

lol I told in so many posts Jaiswal , pant and Jadeja has been bailing us out. They failed in recent series and we lost. We won in spite of Kohli who has been a dud. The root of the problem is only few guys are bailing out. KL Rahul and even gill hasnt done anything extra ordinary in tests in India.

Ya he was not dud but worse than dud. His average was worse than Jadeja and may be worse than bumrah apart from 2023 lol. 2020 19.93 2021 28.21 2022 26.50 2023 55 2024 22.27

Are you saying the batsman are throwing wickets because of Gambhir ? Seriously ? Kohli and Rohit we duds. Our selection process is a lot to be desired we need to select players who played well in ranjis and A tours. Unfortunately Karun didn’t play well in england.

Lol when is India playing Bazball ?. We hardly scored to even consider it Bazball strategy lol. In fact our approach was timid. We didn’t even use feet to come down the pitch to spinner and hit him out lol.