Why was Ajit Agarkar absent from the BCCI meeting? (Agency Images)
India will subsequently host Sri Lanka for three ODIs and three T20Is before facing Zimbabwe in a three-match ODI series in January 2027. The marquee assignment will be the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, scheduled to run from January to March 2027.
Our whole focus was on performances in England and Ireland, as well as the recent Test series in Sri Lanka and what we are going to do in the upcoming series before the ODI World Cup, which is our ultimate goal,” he said. “There was no discussion on the selection committee. The West Indies will then tour India for three ODIs and five T20Is, followed by a demanding multi-format tour of New Zealand featuring two Tests, five ODIs and five T20Is.
India face a packed schedule over the next several months, with the team set to play Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series before the Asian Games in Japan later this month.
Agarkar was not present at the meeting, which focused on India’s recent performances and the team’s preparations for a packed international calendar leading up to the 2027 ODI World Cup. Because this meeting was called at very short notice and our head of the selection committee, Ajit Agarkar, was not in town, he could not join it, and he was in such an area that he could not join online also, despite our best efforts,” Saikia told to reporters after the meeting.
We did not have any such discussions, nor did we have such intentions,” he said. The meeting was primarily focused on reviewing India’s performances on recent tours and mapping out preparations for the next phase of the international calendar, according to Saikia. I do not comment on new rumours. The BCCI secretary also ruled out any discussion about appointing a director of cricket for the men’s team. The meeting, Saikia clarified, was not about deciding individual player selections or fixing format-wise combinations.
“Today he (Agarkar) was out of station, so he could not be a part of the meeting. “There was no such discussion on this in today’s meeting.