Ajit Agarkar was spotted having lunch with his former teammates — Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh. The families of the former cricketers were also seen in the photo. Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar both shared the photo on Instagram.
«Two things that keep us close are friendship and food. Met this bunch for an awesome lunch,» Tendulkar posted along with the photo. West Indian great Brian Lara commented on the post, saying: «It was just a hi and a bye for me boys!!! You’ll lucky!!! My golfing buddies enjoy!» A few days ago, Sachin Tendulkar had shared a photo of both of them taking a walk in a London street.
«Casually bumped into another keen golfer today,» Sachin posted along with the photo. Ajit Agarkar in his first decision since taking over the role of chief selector named young left handed batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma in the T20 squad for the upcoming five-match series against West Indies, which will be played in the Caribbean and Florida. Hardik Pandya continues as captain while Suryakumar Yadav has been named his deputy while wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson also returns to the squad.
Senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were not named in the squad. BCCI this week appointed Ajit Agarkar as chairperson of the men's selection committee on the recommendation of the the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). Bowler-allrounder Agarkar has played 191 ODIs apart from 26 Tests and 4 T20Is.
Agarkar was part of the 2007 World T20 winning Indian team while he was also part of Indian 1999, 2003 and 2007 ODI World Cup squad. Agarkar 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 had also held the the record for being
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