Ajit Agarkar took charge as chairman of the BCCI’s senior men’s selection committee in mid-2023, stepping into one of Indian cricket’s most thankless jobs. Nearly three years later, his record is a study in contrasts: glittering white-ball success on one side, grinding Test struggles and recurring controversies on the other. Any honest assessment must hold both in view. The results in limited-overs cricket under Agarkar’s watch have been exceptional. India reached four ICC to

In the grand theatre of Indian cricket selection, where committees move with the urgency of a sloth on sleeping pills, we have a genuine phenomenon on our hands: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Fifteen years old. Yes, fifteen. The boy is still closer in age to a school science project than to a driving license, yet he bats like he’s got a personal grudge against bowlers and gravity itself. But fear not, dear cricket fans. Our wise selectors are on the case. They’re thinking. They’re de

The IPL has turned a summer sport into a global cash machine by reshaping talent and testing the limits of cricket’s soul. Each summer, India stages one of the world’s most dazzling sporting spectacles, the Indian Premier League (IPL). Once, the country’s tropical heat discouraged outdoor tournaments, but the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) transformed this perception by hosting evening T20 matches under floodlights, turning scorching temperatures into an electrifyin