Ajit Agarkar T20 World Cup 2026: Team India has won the T20 World Cup 2026. The Indian team defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final. Jasprit Bumrah was the player of the match in the final and Sanju Samson got the player of the series award. However, another legend played a big role in making India the champion. He is neither a coach nor a player, he is not even in the support staff of the team. But with his decisions, this legend has made the Indian team win the ICC trophy not once, not twice but thrice. This legend is none other than Team India’s Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, who faced criticism from the media and social media for his tough decisions but despite this he did not panic and see the result, Team India has become world champion three times under his leadership.
Ajit Agarkar’s decisions made Team India champion
Ajit Agarkar’s tenure as Chief Selector started on July 4, 2023. He took bold and influential decisions during his tenure, due to which India achieved tremendous success in the white ball format. India won three ICC tournaments during the tenure of Ajit Agarkar.
- In the year 2024, the Indian team defeated South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup.
- In March 2025, India won the Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand.
- On March 8, India won the T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand.
Icc Men’s T20 WC Final: Ajit Agarkar’s amazing contribution in making the champion (Photo-PTI)
Ajit Agarkar took these big decisions
- Ajit Agarkar made Suryakumar Yadav the captain of T20 International. His decision was quite controversial because according to fans and other cricket experts, Hardik Pandya should have got the captaincy but Ajit Agarkar played a bet on Surya and Team India now became the champion.
- It was also Ajit Agarkar’s decision to remove Rohit Sharma from the captaincy of the ODI team. This decision was also big because under the leadership of Rohit, India also won the Champions Trophy and this decision was taken immediately after that. Shubman Gill was given the command of the team.
- The selection of Ishan Kishan before the T20 World Cup 2026 also proved to be a masterstroke of Ajit Agarkar. Ishaan proved his selection right and performed amazingly in the T20 World Cup.
During the tenure of Ajit Agarkar, Team India also reached the final of the World Cup 2023. However, it lost to Australia in the final. If Team India had won that tournament too, Ajit Agarkar himself would have been very happy personally. However, there are other reasons for happiness and this legend has done great service to Indian cricket.