{"id":39585,"date":"2023-07-05T17:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=39585"},"modified":"2023-07-05T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:58:14","slug":"ajit-agarkar-appointed-chairman-of-senior-men-s-selection-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=39585","title":{"rendered":"Ajit Agarkar appointed Chairman of Senior Men\u2019s Selection Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-39225\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ajit_agakar-ricky_ponting.jpg\" alt=\"ajit agakar ricky ponting\" width=\"845\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ajit_agakar-ricky_ponting.jpg 640w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ajit_agakar-ricky_ponting-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ajit_agakar-ricky_ponting-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Mumbai:<\/strong> The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men&#8217;s Selection Committee. The three-member CAC has unanimously recommended Ajit Agarkar for the said position.<\/p>\n<p>The former India all-rounder represented the country in 26 Tests, 191 ODIs, and four T20Is, in addition to playing 110 first-class, 270 List A, and 62 T20 matches. As a former fast bowler, he was part of India&#8217;s victorious squad in the inaugural T20 World Cup held in South Africa in 2007. He still holds the record for the fastest half-century by an Indian batter in ODI, achieved with a 21-ball fifty against Zimbabwe in 2000. He also held the record for being the fastest to reach 50 ODI wickets for nearly a decade, accomplishing the milestone in just 23 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Following his playing career, he was appointed as the Chief Selector for the senior Mumbai Team and undertook coaching responsibilities with the Delhi Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>The committee further recommended Mr Agarkar for the role of Chairperson of the Men\u2019s Selection Committee based on seniority (total number of Test matches).<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Selection Committee: Ajit Agarkar (Chairperson), Shiv Sundar Das, Subroto Banerjee, Salil Ankola, Sridharan Sharath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men&#8217;s Selection Committee. The three-member CAC has unanimously recommended Ajit Agarkar for the said position. The former India all-rounder represented the country in 26 Tests, 191 ODIs, and four T20Is, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ajit Agarkar appointed Chairman of Senior Men\u2019s Selection Committee - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=39585\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ajit Agarkar appointed Chairman of Senior Men\u2019s Selection Committee - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men&#8217;s Selection Committee. 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