Ajit Agarkar on picking talent for Team India, Virat Kohli setting benchmarks, Dhoni's captaincy

In an exclusive interview with Pranav Gandhi, Ajit Agarkar, opens up on a variety of topics. He talks about his debut cricket match for India against Australia, evaluating talent as the Chairman of the Selectors, the culture of a winning cricket team and who his best friends are from the cricketing fraternity.
In the interview Ajit talks about Virat Kohli’s fitness and how it has set a benchmark for future generations. He also touches about MS Dhoni’s leadership and how a feel for a match situation by a captain cannot be replaced by AI.
Ajit also stresses on how hard work is the key for any athletes success in the long term.
In a challenging trivia about himself Ajit is forced to look back on his career and remember statistics.
Finally in a Rapid Fire Ajit looks at his friends in cricket, is forced to choose between Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra and must rank India’s ex cricketers and tennis stars on their Golf skills.
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[@jaisharma9509]

Mr. Agarkar is the coolest selector for this golden era of Indian cricket... WC trophy is around the corner.. would like to see selection of WCT20 team will be on basis of impactful players in all department. Looking forward to see the national team with best potential.. 1. Jaiswal 2. Rohit (c) 3. Virat 4. Sky 5. Samson (w) 6. Hardik 7. Rinku 8. Jadeja 9. Yuzi 10. Bumrah 11. Mukesh 12. Bishnoi 13. Riyan 14. Pant (w) 15. Mayank Yadav

[@aryanyadav3690]

Samson ❎ KL Rahul ✅ Mukesh ❎ Natarajan ✅ Chahal ❎ Kuldeep ✅

[@ApkaAdvocate]

KL don't desrves chance

[@fayazshaikh9901]

Thats why virat Kohli is a King Kohli, because of his execptional record breaking batting and his fitness.

[@shridhardeshpande1790]

Personal records nothing helping for country

[@FABM27]

King of what?

[@shridhardeshpande1790]

@@FABM27 heaps of runs without trophy

[@FABM27]

@@shridhardeshpande1790 why those “heaps” not coming in Test matches where we need them? But coming on batting friendly odi and t20?

[@paraslunia842]

Only pr machinery

[@mahenderpinjera56]

Loved the interview, Ajit's way of storytelling is really captivating

[@ketan172]

One of the handsome Mumbai player and my favourite always love you to see your interview Fearless cricketer and nice guy forever

[@jigyboy267]

Incomplete introduction plz add he has a centrury at Lords 🙌🔥❤️

[@vijendersingh2597]

Bahut time baaad, aiesa interesting interview dekha about cricketers and all, Please share more

[@SunShine-do8iv]

Actually ,arshin kulkarni u19 boy looks kind of same as young ajit back then .eyes r same colour..anyone obserevd that

[@inderpalsingh6074]

Oh wow, I dint know this before, about the data in games, how it helps in selection, how with the match data, team coaches evalutes performances and all, quite interesting to know, understanding how big amount of data teams evalute these days in matches, plan a whole match, and I agree with Ajit obviously you need a guy there on the field to execute the plan, because not everything is going to work according to the data sometimes, amazing video, amazing information, hatsss off, please do share more interviews like these

[@user-jm1ui7eb9b]

Sir please don't select the T20 squad on the basis of social media followers, it's okay to be all out for 90. T20 should be played as T20

[@yogeshjaggi4983]

Love u kohli

[@ramgandhi2195]

Please do more interviews like this❤

[@ruhaand8817]

Does this person age ever? Looks the same as he did during his playing 11 days! Bravo

[@jigyboy267]

Roy Keane ❤🔥

[@samardhsharma5994]

I dont think so there would be any captain like MS Dhoni in the future.

[@user-so7jp5pw7r]

Yup we want like ponting

[@vishwajeetsingh5301]

​@@user-so7jp5pw7rfor that your team should also be like Australia, Not chokers like us

[@ramgandhi2195]

🎉 we love you kaka 🎉

[@Tptyru]

Apart from a bowler he is one of the good fielder from India

[@SunnyKumar-dd4cu]

He doesn't take the name of yuvi even once😢 he sets the standard of very higher

[@shaifalibhaskar9711]

♥️♥️♥️

[@darkdreamer4343]

❤

[@mittu-littu]

on what basis you have selected Rishab pant. You made a rule that established players to play the Domestic then they will be picked. but you hadnt followed that rule for him. this is very sad that to show partiality on KL rahul. you just been with Delhi Capitals to show the gratitude you have selected Rishab pant or do you have any metrics in your mind. dont try to kill the talent of indian players. why shivam bude selected not known

[@kshitijs2404]

Hahaha yes even I had heard once, you were going to be the next Sachin Tendulkar.

[@Tptyru]

He was also dismissed Damien Martin and Justin longer atleast 3 times

[@binaldoshi495]

1) Rohit 2) Shubhman 3) Kohli 4) Sanju 5) Hardik 6) Karthik / SKY 7) Rinku / SKY 8) Bumrah 9) Mayank 10) Chahal 11) Kuldeep/Siraj (not sure). But this is my playing XI

[@adityapathak4314]

😂what a loser you are ....do you really watch cricket shubman ???? Sky at 6 or 5 😂and also not sure that he is in the 11 ... Mayank to wc on basis of 3 match 😂(hope your remember varun chakraborty and rahul chahar) And many more mistake

[@adityapathak4314]

Rohit Virat Sanju Sky Rinku Hardik Jaddu Axar Kuldeep/chahal Bumrah Avesh/shami/siraj/someone else

[@pradeepanaykkr]

Questions could have been much better. First 10min Too generic

[@mnn487]

Gill should be in team .

[@finan2004]

India won the t20 when the big names at that time stayed away from selection after indias dismal performances in World Cup. and india got talents which were free spirited at that time. Now the selection is almost impossible with stalwarts vying for places. So I believe it will be another t20 World Cup of disappointment for india

[@rickenrique6665]

Yes, India wlll definitely not win the T20 World Cup 2024

[@abby77]

Undeserving bunch of people working in bcci.

[@abhishektoshniwal7631]

Ajit is so good as a selector. He should continue doing these things and not commentary because honestly he is abysmal at it. Enjoying the time of his absence from the combox? "Certainly "🤣

[@udayteja4946]

What rubbish? Amongst the baised and opinionated Indian commentators, his neutral and to the point commentary stood out like a lotus in murky water.

[@abhishektoshniwal7631]

@@udayteja4946 bro he is straight up banal and boring and literally just keeps talking incredibly obvious stuff.

[@ChaitanyaJoshi0105]

One of the worst interview I have ever seen in my life. Host doesn't know what to ask.... Didn't ask about his fatstest 50 in ODIs, didn't ask about his test hundred at lord's. Didn't ask his friendship with Sachin, Dravid.Which captain he liked Ganguly as a cpatain or Sachin, Dravid, Azhar, Dhoni. He still holds 289 wickets in ODI & third highest ODI wicket taker for India. Didn't ask about his love life & his marriage with a girl belongs to other religion, Challenges which he faced in his entire life. Pathetic Interview I have ever seen

[@gauravgupta-zy9lu]

He is darpok. Doesn't have courage to touch rohit abd virat. They will play till 46. Whether they score at sr of 120 doesn't matter.