With Ajit Agarkar departing his role as the chief selector of the Indian men’s cricket team, Pragyan Ojha now leads a reconstituted five-member selection committee. With the 2027 ODI World Cup on the horizon, how much power do Indian cricket selectors really have?

In this episode of In Focus, we discuss about Agarkar’s legacy, what to expect from Ojha at the helm, and how selectors build and blood a squad.

We also discuss how much say the captain and the coach have, how the scouting network covers India’s enormous domestic talent pool, and whether selectors should explain their decisions in public.

Guest: Amol Karhadkar, Deputy Editor, Sports

Host: Reuben Joe Joseph

Producer: Jude Francis Weston