Ajit Agarkar to continue as chairman of senior selection committee

Ajit Agarkar will continue as chairman of the senior selection committee, with the BCCI extending his contract by one year. The decision comes with a focus on preparations for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Under Agarkar’s leadership, Indian teams selected between October 2023 and March 2026 reached four ICC tournament finals, winning three of them, including two T20 World Cups and one ICC Champions Trophy. During his tenure, the committee has taken several tough calls, including overseeing the Test retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and gradually phasing out senior pacer Mohammed Shami from international cricket. It also made a bold selection call, dropping Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill from the T20 World Cup squad and instead fielding a form player in Ishan Kishan.