Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri

Player information
Surname	Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri
Nickname	Ravi
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Left-handed slow orthodox
Player role	All-rounder
International games
National team	India
Test debut (cap 151)	February 21, 1981 v  New Zealand
Last test	December 26, 1992 v  South Africa
ODI debut (cap 36)	25th November 1981 v  England
Last ODI	December 17, 1992 v  South Africa
National teams
Years	team
1979-1993	Bombay
1987-1991	Glam organ
1987	MCC
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	LA
Games	80	150	245	278
Runs (total)	3830	3108	13202	6383
Batting average	35.79	29.04	44.00	31.12
100s / 50s	11/12	4/18	34/66	6/38
Highscore	206	109	217	138 *
Balls	15751	6613	42425	11966
Wickets	151	129	509	254
Bowling Average	40.96	36.04	44.00	32.18
5 wickets in innings	2	1	18th	5
10 wickets in play	0	n / A	3	n / A
Best bowling performance	5/75	5/15	9/101	5/13
Catches / stumpings	36 / -	40 / -	141 / -	84 / -
Source: Cricinfo , December 19, 2018

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born May 27, 1962 in Bombay , India ) is a former Indian cricketer who played for the Indian national team from 1981 to 1992 . After his active career, he mainly worked as a cricket commentator. Since July 2017 he has been the coach of the Indian national team.

childhood and education

Shastri grew up in Bombay and took part in school competitions for his school, Don Bosco High School, Matunga . He won the Giles Shield as captain with his team in 1977 .

Cricket career

The beginnings

At 17, Shastri was nominated for Bombay for the Ranji Trophy and was the youngest player to have played for Mumbai. At the last moment he was nominated for a training camp for a later canceled tour of the U19 national team of India to Pakistan . There he was so enthusiastic in a training game that he was designated as captain. In the final of the Ranji Trophy 1979/80 he scored six wickets against Delhi in 61 approved runs (6-61).

Promotion to the national team

The following season, the spinner Dilip Doshi injured and Shastri was nominated for the tour against New Zealand for the Indian national team. In his first game he scored three wickets in both innings. He scored a total of 15 wickets on the tour, making him the best bowler in Pakistan. The next tour took place against England at the beginning of the 1981/82 season , in which he also completed his first ODI. In the third and final test, he achieved his first fifty with 93 runs. On the following tour in England in the summer, the two inexperienced players, Ghulam Parkar and Pranab Roy, who were designated as the inaugural batsman , failed to adapt to the English conditions and so Shastri was appointed as the inaugural batsman. As a result, Ravi Shastri had injury problems. On the tour in Pakistan the following winter, competition as a bowler was fierce and so after the first test he was no longer used for tests. This only changed in the last test when he was re-appointed as the inaugural batsman and scored his first test century there. From then on he was firmly established in the team. The next tour to the West Indies brought him another Test Century in the fifth test. In the following Cricket World Cup 1983 he was nominated, but played only a few games on the way to the World Cup in India.

Towards the peak of your career

After the World Cup, Shastri played consistently over the tours the following winter against Pakistan and the West Indies , as well as at the Asia Cup in 1984 in the United Arab Emirates . The following winter , Shastri delivered the best of his career. He initially had problems against Australia , but was able to achieve a Century in the last of five ODIs, which was still not enough for the team to win. In the following tour in Pakistan he managed to achieve a century in the second test before the tour was canceled due to the assassination attempt on Indira Gandhi . He won a Century against England at the first test in Mumbai, where he helped India to win in a 235 partnership with Syed Kirmani . Furthermore, on this tour he got one century each in the ODI and test. In the ODI series, he scored the most runs of all players on the tour. At the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 in Australia in February and March 1985, he delivered both good batting and bowling performances and was voted player of the tournament. As an award, he received a car, which was climbed by his celebrating teammates. Shastri, who did not have a driver's license at the time, got behind the wheel and drove a winning lap in the Melbourne stadium. When importing to India, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ensured that Shastri did not have to pay any customs duties.

Time as vice-captain

At the Rothmans Four Nations Cup 1984/85 in the United Arab Emirates, he was named for the first time as vice-captain of the Indian team, while Kapil Dev replaced Sunil Gavaskar as captain after the tournament . The next tours of the 1985 , 1985/86 and 1986 seasons were average for Shastri. He scored a few fifties but barely stood out. He played an important role in the tie-ending Test against Australia in Madras . After a game in which each team had the upper hand from time to time, it was up to Shastri and Maninder Singh as the last batsman to decide the game for India. So Shastri managed to even out the runoff with the Australians, but Maninder's wicket fell afterwards and so it came to the second undecided test in history. In the course of the tour Shastri managed another test century. In the tour against Pakistan he also scored a Test Century, but the game ended in a draw. However, Pakistan won the last test and India lost the series. At the beginning of the 1987/88 season held Cricket World Cup 1987 Shastri could not stand out. In the semifinals against England he was again the last batsman with Maninder Singh on the wicket. Since he was the stronger batsman, he took higher risks and was caught by Paul Downton , causing India to miss the final.

Assignments as a captain

Ravi Shastri's achievements as a batsman

After leaving, Captain Kapil Dev was released from his duties. The decision about his successor fell between Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar , who was dominating batting at the time. The latter was preferred and Shastri remained on the team as vice-captain. On the following tour against the West Indies , Vengsarkar was injured and so Shastri took over the role of captain for the rest of the tour. The fourth test of the tour was his only assignment as test captain and India clearly won the game. Vengsarkar meanwhile wrote newspaper articles, which earned him a ban for six months and so Shastri was captain for the team for the rest of the season. In the next tests against New Zealand Shastri was again runner-up behind Vengsarkar. Shastri did run again but was again not outstanding. On the following tour in the West Indies , Shatri managed a Century in the second test. After the tour, he and other players played a show match in the USA . The Indian association BCCI then gave six players, including Shastri, a game ban for the following year. The players took the decision to court. The court demanded that the parties should come to an agreement and so the ban was lifted a short time later. Nevertheless, Vengsarkar, who was also one of the suspended players, was removed from the captaincy. However, Shastri was now passed over in the determination of the new captain and Krishnamachari Srikkanth took over the position. In the following tour in Pakistan , India and Shastri could not convince and so he was not nominated for the subsequent tour in New Zealand . The Indian association wanted to force a change and sent an inexperienced team.

Late years

India's defeat by New Zealand ensured that Shastri was back in the team as vice-captain against England in the summer . There he got two test centuries. In Sri Lanka in the winter of 1990/91 he also achieved an ODI-Century again. In the 1991/92 season began with an ODI series against South Africa , in which Shastri managed a Century. A long stay in Australia followed, where a test series , the Benson & Hedges World Series 1991/92 and the Cricket World Cup 1992 were held. In the World Series, he scored 5 wickets for just 15 runs in a game against Australia . In one test he achieved his only test double century with 206. However, he also suffered a knee injury during that game, which threatened his career. Other games made this worse, but he was still used in the World Cup. However, India lost the third game against India and Shastri was then removed from the team for the remainder of the tournament, as he had started slowly at stroke in the 1 run defeat. Tours against Zimbabwe and South Africa followed in which Shastri could no longer produce strong performances. Before the upcoming tour against England , the knee injury got worse. Initially, an injury break for a few months was expected, but Shastri stopped playing for the Indian national team.

After the active career

Since his resignation, Shastri has worked as a commentator for cricket broadcasts. In 2014 he became team director for the Indian national team. In July 2017 he was appointed head coach of the national cricket team. The goal is for him to initially accompany India until the 2019 Cricket World Cup .

Web links

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• Entry on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

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