BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar has made some big and bold changes after taking charge in July 2023. Under his leadership. Indian cricket has witnessed some massive decisions and shocking moments, like the retirement of the star players Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. All these players stepped down from a certain format. However, Kohli and Rohit retired from Tests and T20Is. Rohit also removed from the ODI captaincy.
However, Rohit and Virat have been selected for the upcoming ODI series against Australia starting on October 19. According to the current scenario, both players might close to retirement. Former England cricketer Steve Harmison strongly believes that, after making some big decisions, Agarkar will now be under pressure.
“Unfortunately, I think there might be a messy end for Ajit Agarkar there. If anybody is going to win here, I think it is the former captains rather than the former all-rounder. But it all depends on, if Agarkar is saying this just to fuel the fire of Kohli and Sharma, then fair enough. You put your cards on the table and see what comes,” he said on talkSPORT Cricket.
“I think Kohli has got a little bit of skin in the game. Runs in the bank, his reputation. Sharma, not as much. Sharma’s a little bit older. He’s not been as influential in 50-over cricket as Virat has. If Virat turns around and says, ‘All right, you go to the 50-over World Cup without me and leading up to it, let’s see when you’re chasing 350 in 50 overs to win against Australia or England, and you haven’t got that bloke who averages 90 winning games at number four, see where your team’s at.’ There could be a messy end in that way. There could also be words that have been misunderstood in translation,” he added.
“He might just have said I want them to play because they are not going to be playing. That’s the problem. They’re not playing Test cricket, they’re not playing T20 cricket. They’re only going to play the IPL. And if 50-over cricket is at the back end of the year, not when the IPL is, we could do with them playing a couple of domestic games. That could possibly be the way it was put across by Agarkar and it has been blown out of proportion,” he said.
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