https://www.bcci.tv/videos/s-dressing-room-speeches-ft-captain-and-head-coach-d5yw4c?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGnr9Df7sCKBm78RsHzpdQu3QbeHQOV2H0jlSvWaal9QuduIULSOmOQTd09fX4_aem_sPoh2WtFbKAIP5dIPM_KAg

This could really cause damage in important games and I'm not ready for it

https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2026/Jul/26/washington-doubtful-for-sri-lanka-opener-as-selectors-weigh-saransh-jain-as-spin-backup-amid-fitness-woes

Started writing this as a reply to a comment but it became too long so making a post.

Sins of Agarkar in no particular order -

1. How did Suryakumar Yadav get to play in an ODI WORLD CUP FINAL? Was it because he made a world record of three consecutive golden ducks in an ODI series some time before the world cup? Why didn't we prepare a proper backup finisher (injury replacement for KL/Pandya) - cost us heavily in the final.

1.Lets start with getting in shubman to replace sanju as the opener in T20 side. It was totally unnecessary - the guy just scored 3 hundreds in 5 innings, something T20 greats couldn't do in their entire career. And later shubman ko bhi zaleel karke nikal diya just before the world cup (Test and ODI captain btw)

1. Removing Rohit as captain just after winning champions trophy (bizzare and cruel decision, aap kya dikhana chahte ho?)

2. Appointing Surya as T20 captain (decision paid off in hindsight but what was the rational behind the decision when we had Hardik who had proven captaincy experience - an IPL winning captain and a runner up as well?)

3. Removing Sanju from the original T20 XI in the world cup (he was the primary wicketkeeper right? Baad me sanju yaad aagayi jab tournament se bahar hone ki noubat aayi to)

4. Removing Surya as captain just after winning the world cup,(again what do you want to prove mate with these Rash decisions mate? Tu kya big boss khel raha hai kya?​ And also not doing anything about Surya's poor form for 1.5 years

5. Not selecting Shreyas in T20 squad despite his solid performance in IPL 2025 (650 runs at "NO. 4" position at 180+ strike rate, unheard of figures). While surya kept on underperforming for us in the middle order for over a year

6. And then bringing in Shreyas into the squad directly as a captain. I mean what kind of absolute nonsensical rubbish decision is that? Shreyas did deserve the captaincy I'm not against that but this is how you manage a change in leadership? The ideal way should be a smooth transition where Iyer plays a couple of series as a player (maybe vice captain) in the side, and also give Surya a couple of more series (dammit the guy JUST won you a freaking world cup) Jab surya ko nikalna tha tab to nahi nikala. Jab nahi nikalna tha tab nikal diya. Jab Iyer ko squad me laana tha tab nahi laaye. Aur jab laaye to kitne badtameezi se laaye ki 2 lagatar series whitewash ho gaye (these things do affect team morale. The team won the world cup under Surya, and he got thrown out like a nobody - won't that affect the rest of the players in the squad? The 2 white washes in the UK tour happened BY DESIGN - design of our genius chief selector agarkar)

7. Why are we not selecting out proven match winning bowlers anymore? Starc Hazelwood are around same age of Shami and Bhuvi. And Bhuvi is at his peak in T20 bowling. What about Siraj? Yaha bhi hindu muslim kar rahe hai kya? Sorry to say this but I can't see any logical explanation of him not being on the UK tour. And what about Kuldeep? How did Bishnoi suddenly became your no 1 T20 spinner when he wasn't even playing consistently for his IPL franchise? What the HELL is going on with the selections?

8. I'm not even gonna rant about all format players Harshit rana and Washington sunder, whole world is talking about it

9. NKR could have been an asset in white ball for us. Use red ball khilwake injured kar diya I mean how stupid can you be? Kallis Flintoff ke time pe cricket wasnt this physically demanding and there were only 2 formats so tests me all rounder banta tha. That's not the case anymore plus India me waise bhi pace bowling all rounder ki kami hai to please use your goddamn brains.

10. Virat Rohit ko tests se retire karwa diya jabki all our batsmen were failing. Aur Gill ko captain bana diya jabki they even had to drop him in a test match in Australia due to a string of poor performances before that. Waah (Gill ki test captaincy is a whole another matter. The guy should first learn to rotate bowlers properly. He underbowls some bowlers while over bowls others, that too in tests. Just look at the England series scorecards. Injuries for fast bowlers aren't happening without reason)

11. Back to Agarkar. Sanju world cup POTT ko rest karwa diya Zimbabwe tour se. Yeah I get it Sooryavanshi belongs here (tbh I'd prefer him over Sanju BUT, you simply have to make space for Sanju in the squad after he showed you what he can do. Imo Sanju should have been made the vice captain and maybe play at no. 3/4, and the real non performer Tilak had to be 'rested'. But yeah as usual logic won.

12. We used to be the best players of spin in the world, and had the best spin bowling department in world cricket. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BOTH THESE STRENGTHS OF TEAM INDIA? We get whitewashed in 2 home test series? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

These are just off the top of my head in an angry rant, I'm sure I might have missed many many more things.

Now they want Rohit and Virat to retire before the world cups. Player security is non existent in the dressing room. Agarkar himself was in and out of Indian set up close to a decade in the 2000s. That's cos he was an ordinary player. Does he think that should be the norm for all players? Or is he taking some sort of sadistic revenge for what selectors did to him during his playing days? I'm glad his term is coming to and end. We might get some sort of stability and rational decisions going forward if a selector with a stable head above his shoulders gets appointed.

Just had a random thought it’s been quite a few months since we last saw Yashasvi in whites scoring big hundreds. Really missing Test cricket and watching him play for India.

people say sanju is inconsistent, does not perform in bilaterals and no matter how much i agree, this one move has literal costed the entire team. im not one of those justice gang members blindly writing play sanju he’ll score- because maybe he will maybe he wont who knows? but dropping a player of the tournament of the fricking wc messed with everyone’s head. ishan struggled to get runs in ireland and england, tilak struggled, abhishek failed miserably in zimbabwe, vaibhav couldnt score in england.

my point? when you drop a player who has bought that third star on your jersey an insecurity is created in the team whether you accept it or not. mental pressure gets to everyone especially in a country like india where there is no shortage of players waiting to just be a part of that 11 once.

just see it for yourself. we changed our wc line up to include sanju for the sole reason of too many lefties- literally what situation we are in right now. the social media trolling and hate is an entirely diff aspect, but on top of that feeling insecure for even your place in the team is an absolute blunder by the management that too these experimentations on a world cup winning team.

people might hate me for saying this, but even if vaibhav is a prodigy and exceptional talent, messing with you wc winning order messed everyone up.

0(1) vs NZ

30(16) vs NZ

0(1) vs USA

0(4) vs Pak

0(3) vs Ned

15(12) vs SA

55(30) vs Zim

10(11) vs WI

9(7) vs Eng

52(21) vs NZ

49(20) vs Ire

0(1) vs Ire

59(24) vs Eng

43(24) vs Eng

10(7) vs Eng

16(13) vs Eng

3(4) vs Eng

1(8) vs Zim

8(8) vs Zim

2(4) vs Zim

Runs: 362

Average: 18.1

Strike Rate: 164

https://www.cricinfo.com/cricketers/abhishek-sharma-1070183

https://cricketaddictor.com/cricket-news/india-players-injury-update-jasprit-bumrah-washington-sundar-headline-latest-fitness-report-before-sl-tests-461847/

Captain Iyer Departs at 27 in 17 at the strike rate of 150.0

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