India, June 7 -- India chief selector Ajit Agarkar doesn't take much time to fix his errors, and he is gutsy for sure. One has to say that.

Next month, he is going to complete three years in the role. There have been some great successes during this time and some great failures too. India won three ICC trophies but were whitewashed by New Zealand and South Africa in Tests at home. But those were not his faults. His job is to select players, and he has been pretty much spot on with that.

Agarkar himself was a smart cricketer in his day. At a time when India had a dearth of fast bowlers, he had enough pace to make an average Indian fan feel proud. He could consistently bowl at 140 kmph. Anyway, as a selector, he has been fair, to say the ...