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Ravi Shastri
India
Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox (SLA)
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	80	150
Runs scored	3830	3108
Batting average	35.79	29.04
100s/50s	11/12	4/18
Top score	206	109
Overs	2625.1	1102.1
Wickets	151	129
Bowling average	40.96	36.04
5 wickets in innings	2	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/75	5/15
Catches/stumpings	36/0	40/0
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Ravishankar ("Ravi") Jayadritha Shastri pronunciation (help· info) (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. He also temporarily coached the Indian cricket team for their 2007 Bangladesh tour. He was an all–rounder who batted right–handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually became more of a batsman who could bowl. Image File history File links Ravi-shastri. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ... Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat in order to score runs without getting out. ... Darren Gough bowling In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. ... Animation of a slow left arm delivery. ... Muttiah Muralitharan bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ...

As a batsman, he was essentially defensive with the "chapathi shot"^[1][2] (a flick off the pads) being his trademark shot, but could raise his strike rate when required. Due to his above-average height (he stood 6' 3" tall) and an upright stance, he had a limited number of shots against fast bowling, but was able to put the lofted shot to good use against spin bowling. Shastri played either as an opening batsmen or in the middle order. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. ... Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ...

The highlight of his career was when he was elected the Champion of Champions in the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985. In the same season, he equalled West Indian Garry Sobers's record of hitting six sixes in an over in first class cricket. He was regarded as a potential captain, but his image outside cricket ^[3], injuries and tendency to lose form at crucial times meant that he captained India in only one Test match. The Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was a one day international tournament held in February and March 1985 in Australia. ... This article is about the year. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), better known as Garry Sobers, was a West Indies cricket player. ... Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket. ... In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ...

In domestic cricket, he played for Bombay and led them to the Ranji Trophy title in his final year of playing. He also played four seasons of county cricket for Glamorgan. He was forced to retire aged 31 due to a recurring knee injury. He is now a noted TV cricket commentator. The Mumbai cricket team is one of the top cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy, Indias top domestic competition. ... The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between state and city sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia, and also denotes the trophy that is awarded to the winner. ... In the UK, County cricket is the domestic form of the sport of cricket that is considered to be first-class cricket. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: ). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. ...

As a commentator, Ravi is not a Chappell or a Benaud but he is generally credited to be marginally better than Sidhu or Gavaskar. At post-match conferences with the captains and players, Ravi has the uncanny urge to frame long questions with multiple subordinate clauses that may be hard to comprehend.

Early days

Ravi Shastri's career performance graph.

Shastri's family originally came from Mangalore in Karnataka but he was born and brought up in Mumbai^[4], then called Bombay. His father, Jayadratha Shastri, was a doctor and the family had a strong academic tradition. It was only as a teenager that he took cricket up seriously. Shastri reached the final of the 1974 inter–school Giles Shield with the Don Bosco school in Matunga, Mumbai, losing to St Mary's, whose lineup included two future Ranji players, Shishir Hattangadi and Jignesh Sanghani. The next year, under Shastri's captaincy, Don Bosco won the Giles Shield. Shastri set a record for the highest score in the final, which stood for 27 years.^[5] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (957x539, 6 KB) This graph details the Test Match performance of Ravi Shastri. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (957x539, 6 KB) This graph details the Test Match performance of Ravi Shastri. ... , Mangalore (Kannada: ಮಂಗಳೂರು, Mangalooru; Tulu: ಕುಡ್ಲ, Kudla; Konkani: ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್, Kodial; Beary: ಮೈಕಾಲ, Maikala)   is the chief port city of the state of Karnataka, India. ... , Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Matunga is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. ... The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between state and city sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia, and also denotes the trophy that is awarded to the winner. ...

At school, his coach was BD Desai, once a Tatas and Dadar Union player. While Don Bosco was not traditionally a major force in schools cricket, the R.A. Podar College, where Shastri later studied commerce, produced many good cricketers. Vasant Amladi and, in particular, VS "Marshall" Patil, were integral figures in Shastri's development as a cricketer. In his last year at the junior college, he was selected to represent Bombay in the Ranji trophy^[6]. At 17 years and 292 days, he was then the youngest cricketer to play for Bombay. Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics, popularly known as Podar College, is a prominent educational institution. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mumbai cricket team is one of the top cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy, Indias top domestic competition. ...

An Indian under–19 team was scheduled to tour Pakistan in 1980–81. Shastri was included in the coaching camp at the last minute by the National Coach Hemu Adhikari. Shastri captained one of the two teams in a trial game and was then asked to lead the Indian Under-19 team. The tour, however, was cancelled. The team later went to Sri Lanka, but the games were frequently interrupted by rain.^[7] Colonel Hemchandra (Hemu) Ramachandra Adhikari (born July 31, 1919 in Pune, Maharashtra — died October 25, 2003 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer, representing his country as both a player and coach in a career that spanned three decades. ...

His only notable achievement in his first two Ranji seasons were bowling figures of 6-61, which he took against Delhi in the 1979–80 Ranji final that Bombay lost. While he was playing against Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur in the next season, he was called up to the squad touring New Zealand to stand in for the injured left arm spinner Dilip Doshi. Shastri arrived in Wellington the night before the first Test. His first over in Test cricket was a maiden to the New Zealand captain Geoff Howarth. In the second innings, he took 3 wickets in four balls, all to catches by Dilip Vengsarkar, to bring a quick close to the New Zealand innings. In the third Test, his seven wickets won him the man of the match award, while his 15 wickets in the series were the highest for either side. Green Park Stadium is located in Kanpur, India. ... Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (born December 22, 1947, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1979 to 1983. ... For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Geoffrey (Geoff) Philip Howarth (born 29 March 1951, Auckland) was a New Zealand cricketer, who remains the only New Zealand captain to have positive win-loss records in both Test cricket and ODI cricket. ... Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer. ... M*A*S*H, see Sticky Wicket (M*A*S*H episode). ...

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International cricket

Within eighteen months of his Test debut, he had moved up from tenth position in the batting order to being an opening batsman. His calm, sensible batting lower in the order, wrote Wisden, commenting on his first series,^[8] raised promise of his developing into a useful all–rounder, and his fielding too was an asset. By the end of his career, he had batted in every position from one to ten. By his own admission^[6], he ignored his bowling in favour of his batting. This was reflected in his performances. However, his figures of 9-101 in the season–opening 1981 Irani Trophy stood as a tournament record for nearly twenty years. In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen go to the crease to bat. ... Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Fielding strategy (cricket) be merged into this article or section. ... The Irani Trophy tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z.R. Irani, who was associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from its inception in 1928...

It was the failure of the regular openers Pranab Roy and Ghulam Parkar that led to Shastri being made to open at the Oval against England in 1982. He distinguished himself by scoring 66 runs in that match. An injury in the webbing of his hand ruled him out of four of the Tests to be played in Pakistan. Forced again to open in the final Test at Karachi, against the fast bowling of Imran Khan (then at the peak of his career), he scored his first Test hundred. He later made another hundred against the West Indies in Antigua. Indian Cricket 1983 was impressed enough to suggest that, given time, he could become the one of the best batsmen in the Indian team^[9]. Pranab Roy (born February 10, 1957, Kolkata, Bengal) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1982. ... Ghulam Ahmed Hasan Mohammed Parkar (born October 25, 1955, Kaluste, Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 10 ODIs from 1982 to 1984. ... The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ... In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. ... Webbing is a strong fabric woven as a flat strip or tube of varying width and fibers often used in place of rope. ... A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a countrys national representative sports teams. ... Imran Khan (Urdu/Pashto: عمران احمد خان نیازی) (Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi; son of Ikram Ullah Khan Niazi Shermankhel) born November 25, 1952, in Mianwali is an Oxbridge educated Pakistani former cricketer turned politician and philanthropist. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... Indian Cricket 2004 Indian Cricket is a cricket yearbook published by The Hindu. ...

Shastri was not selected to play in most of the important matches in the 1983 World Cup. In the series against the West Indies later that year, he again distinguished himself with his bold effort in batting against the domineering West Indian pace bowlers. The Cricket World Cup in 1983 (aka Prudential Cup, 1983) was the third edition of the tournament. ...

The glorious winter

In October 1984, India toured Pakistan for the third time in six years. The Lahore Test saw India collapse to 156 against Pakistan's 428, and follow on. India went into the last day trailing by 92 with six wickets in hand but were saved by a fifth wicket partnership of 126 between Shastri and Mohinder Amarnath. Shastri scored 71, while Amarnath made 101*. Shastri was even more successful in the next Test at Faisalabad, where he scored 139 and shared a stand of 200 with Sandip Patil. The last Test and the remainder of the tour were cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi. This article is about the year. ... Gaddafi Stadium is a Test cricket ground in Lahore, Pakistan. ... This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. ... This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. ... Mohinder Amarnath is an Indian cricketer. ... Iqbal Stadium is a test cricket ground in Faisalabad city, Pakistan. ... Sandeep Madhusudan Patil (born August 18, 1956, Bombay) is a former international cricketer (1980-1986) from India. ... A young Indira Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, during one of the latters fasts Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: ) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) ran a whole big country. ...

Around this time, Shastri also began to open the innings regularly in one day games. He scored 102 against Australia in October – India's second hundred in ODIs – and made the same score against England at Cuttack in December. Shastri had stood in for Gavaskar and opened with Srikkanth in two matches of the 1983 World Cup. The third time that they opened, they set a world record of 188 for the first wicket. Later in the season, this partnership was to form the foundation for the Indian triumph in the WCC in Australia. A night match at Old Trafford. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... The Barabati Stadium is a cricket venue in Cuttack, Orissa, India. ... The Cricket World Cup in 1983 (aka Prudential Cup, 1983) was the third edition of the tournament. ...

The 'Champion of Champions'

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Shastri had a slow start to the tournament but finished with fifties in the last three matches. Srikkanth too scored three fifties and India posted century opening stands against Australia and in the final. India went in with two spinners for every match. It helped that all the matches were played at Melbourne and Sydney which have turning tracks and long boundaries. Sivaramakrishnan and Shastri claimed 18 wickets between them in five matches. “MCG” redirects here. ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...

For his 182 runs and 8 wickets, Shastri was chosen as the man of the series which in this particular tournament was called 'The Champion of Champions'. He won an Audi–100 car for his efforts^[12]. By the special order of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Indian customs waived the heavy duty its import would have normally entailed. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (IPA: ) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira. ...

Two weeks later India won the Rothman's cup in Sharjah beating Pakistan and Australia. The victory against Pakistan was particularly memorable because India defended a total of only 125. Shastri and Siva continued their successful partnership with the ball. It was for this tournament that Shastri served as the Indian vice captain for the first time. Gavaskar had announced his decision to resign his captaincy at the end of the WCC, even before the tournament began. Before the final, former Australian captain Ian Chappell suggested that for the good of Indian cricket, Gavaskar should continue as the captain till Shastri could take over from him^[13]. We dont have an article called Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Start this article Search for Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in. ... Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in Unley, South Australia) is a former Australian Test cricketer, who captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before becoming one of the central figures in the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation. ...

The final of the Ranji trophy between Bombay and Delhi began two days after the end of the Sharjah tournament. Gavaskar and Shastri returned via Bahrain, only reaching India the morning of the match. Dilip Vengsarkar, another Indian player who was a member of the Mumbai team, who had arrived a day earlier withdrew from the match with a groin injury, which made it imperative that both should play. Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer. ...

The slow descent

Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan toured India in 1986–87. Shastri played a crucial role in the Tied Test at Madras against Australia, scoring 62 and 48*. His second innings runs came in 36 balls. When Indian middle order collapsed and India fell behind the run rate, his two sixes in quick succession off off–spinner Greg Matthews came in handy. In the final Test at Bombay he scored 121*. As was becoming increasingly common, it was played in first and fourth gear. He hung around for around 30 minutes for the last run for his fifty and twice as long in the nineties. Yet he hit six sixes, three of which came after he completed his hundred. The huge six off left arm fast bowler Bruce Reid – a cross batted heave that went over longon – was particularly memorable. Six sixes in an innings was an Indian record at the time. But he was outshone by Dilip Vengsarkar who scored 164* in the same innings. They added a record 298* for the sixth wicket. In Test cricket, a Tie occurs when the aggregate scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play and the side batting last has completed its innings - all 10 batsmen will be out. ... The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chennai (Madras), India, named after M. A. Chidambaram, the former President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. ... Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers to spin the ball from a right-handed batsmans off side to the leg side (that is, towards the... Greg Matthews aka Logan Greg 2005 Big Brother winner ... Bruce Anthony Reid (born March 14, 1963, Perth, Australia) is an Australian cricketer and bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team. ... Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer. ...

In early 1987, he presented a 15 minute coaching series which went by the name 'That's Cricket'. This was aired on the national channel Doordarshan on Sunday mornings. There were even rumours of an involvement with actress Amrita Singh.^[14] Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Doordarshan (sometimes DoorDarshan; ) is a Public broadcast Terrestrial television channel run by Prasar Bharati, a board nominated by the Government of India. ... Amrita Singh Amrita Singh (born 9th February 1958) is an Indian film actress. ...

Always the bridesmaid

India lost the final Test at Bangalore to lose the 1986–87 series against Pakistan. Kapil Dev was widely cricticised in the media for his captaincy. The selectors retained him as captain in the Reliance World Cup at the beginning of the 1987–88 season. Shastri failed with the bat in the Reliance Cup but formed a successful bowling partnership with Maninder Singh, another left arm spinner. India topped its group but went down to England in the semifinal. Kapil Dev received more cricticisms for skying a catch to deep midwicket when a win was still a possibility. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is Bangalores test cricket venue. ... The Cricket World Cup in 1987 (aka Reliance Cup) was the fourth edition of the tournament. ... Maninder sahota is hot stuff by god he is so sexc u need to see this indian sex god this sex god is livin in the city coventry he has a mate called andy hu is a big time player yh indeed he gets all the ladies (b. ...

Vengsarkar had his left arm fractured in the third Test and Shastri captained India for the only time in his Test career. On an underprepared wicket in Madras, India was lucky to win the toss and bat first. India won by 255 runs to draw the series 1–1. Apart from this, Shastri did little with bat or ball. West Indies won 7 of the eight one day matches, he was the captain in six of them. Vengsarkar meanwhile picked up a six month ban from BCCI for writing newspaper columns. So Shastri continued as the captain for a three nations tournament in Sharjah in April. Sri Lanka and New Zealand were the other teams and India won easily. For the defunct bank see Bank of Credit and Commerce International The Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India and lays down its law. ...

India travelled to West Indies in early 1989. Though a failure overall, Shastri played the best innings by either side in the series. It came at Bridgetown in the second Test. India trailed by 56 in the first innings and lost the six second innings wickets for 63. Batting at No.3, Shastri was last out for a courageous 107 out of 251 allout. Looking back at the end of the his career, he was to consider this his finest innings. ^[15] The bowlers were Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh and Ian Bishop and the pitch, difficult. The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. ... Malcolm Denzil Marshall (April 18, 1958 - November 4, 1999) was a West Indian cricketer, regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever to have played Test cricket; some have suggested he was the finest of all. ... Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. ... Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. ... This article is about the cricketer. ...

On the way back many of the Indian players took part in an exhibition match in USA. BCCI suspended the players. Though the suspension was later revoked, Vengsarkar was sacked. Srikkanth became the new captain and Shastri, yet again, the deputy. After an indifferent series in Pakistan, both were excluded from the tour of New Zealand in 1990. Azharuddin led an experimental team which a selector called the 'team of the nineties'. Within a few weeks, the phrase got the status of a joke. Shastri was recalled for the tour to England that summer as the vice-captain.

The Indian Summer

Since 1985, Shastri's career had been in steady decline but he was able to turn it around in 1990. The pitches in England were good for batting and he scored two hundreds in the three Tests. He was now back as an opener. While India faced a huge England score at Lord's, he scored an exact hundred. It wasn't a faultless innings – too often he played and missed and most of the runs came with his usual flicks and nudges. He went to his hundred hitting the English spinner Eddie Hemmings for two fours and a six in an over, and departed immediately attempting another big hit. Eddie Hemmings is the name of two notable men in British sports: Eddie Hemmings (cricketer) (born 20 February 1949) is an off-spinner who played sixteen Test Matches for England between 1982 and 1991. ...

He topped this with 187 at the Oval. Following the innings at Oval, Shastri scored his career best score of 217 in the Irani trophy in the opening match of the Indian season and a top score of 88 on a very bad wicket in the Chandigarh Test against Sri Lanka. He carried his bat for 101* against the same opponents in a one day match a week later, reaching the hundred with a two off the last ball. Next year in South Africa's first–ever ODI series on their return to international cricket, he scored 109 at Delhi, his fourth and last one day hundred. A series of abandoned tours meant India played few matches at home at this time. The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chandigarh, India. ...

At the end of 1991, India travelled to Australia for a five Test series, to be followed by the World Cup. Channel 9 dubbed it the Indian Summer. The series was a disaster for India – they lost four of the Tests – and was rife with umpiring controversies. But it also saw the final flourishes in the careers of Shastri and Kapil Dev. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ...

In the third Test at Sydney, he scored his only double hundred in Test cricket, the first by an Indian against Australia. He was dropped in the sixties by the Australian leg–spinner Shane Warne, who was making his debut, off his own bowling. Amidst frequent interruptions by rain, he completed his hundred early on the fourth day and a six off Warne brought up the 150. He finally fell to a tired shot at Warne after nine and a half hours, scoring 206 with 17 fours and the two sixes, thus becoming Warne's first Test wicket. But the match was drawn and did not impact the series much. Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. ...

India had gone into the match with four pace bowlers and no regular spinners. Shastri was little more than a part–time bowler by this time. By the final day, pitch started taking spin. Shastri took four wickets in the second innings and Australia just about beat the clock to draw the match. India could well have won the match with another spinner. ^{[16] [17]}

Last days in cricket

The remaining WSC matches followed the Sydney Test. In the second final against Australia Shastri worsened the knee injury. At the later stages of the innings he was forced to stand and slog. After a few quick runs, it ended in an inevitable mishit to cover. He missed the remaining two Test matches, both of which India lost. For a while it seemed doubtful that he would be able to play the World Cup which was being hosted by Australia and New Zealand, but was included at the last moment. The World Series Cup was the name of the annual cricket tournament that took place in Australia every year between the home side and two touring teams. ... The Cricket World Cup in 1992 (aka Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was won by Pakistan. ...

In the Benson & Hedges traingular WSC 1991-92 just before World Cup 92, he was very unconvincing and was unable to score runs fast enough. At the opener at WACA against West Indies, Shastri made 33 off 110 balls. India was 126 all out but managed to tie the match. In the next match against Australia, Shastri made 10 off 68 balls. Srikkanth scored a breezy 60. Shastri took five wickets and Australia were all out for 101 chasing 209. But the Aussies were five down for 68 before he took his first wicket.

India qualified for the finals of the tournament with Australia. In the first final at MCG, Shastri made 17 runs off 50 balls but it did not matter. Australia bundled out India for 145. The second final was very close. Chasing 209 for victory India fell short by seven runs. Shastri had 61 off 115 balls.

Immediately after, was the World Cup. India played its first World Cup 1992 match against England at the WACA. Shastri scored a sedate 57 from 112 balls chasing 236. India lost the game by nine runs. He started off very slowly and put pressure on Kris Srikkanth at the other end who got out for a fluent 39 off 50 balls. The second game: India were chasing 238 to win in 50 overs against Australia. A rain interruption meant that the target was revised to 236 in 47 overs. Shastri took 67 balls for his 25; India went on to lose by one run. He was the reason India lost that game and was rightly dropped from the remaining matches of the tournament. On coming home, he was garlanded with footwear by crazy cricket fans.

Pakistan which went on to win that World Cup had qualified to the semi-finals with nine points. India had five points and would have been in the semi-finals if it had had won the games against Australia and England.

In the next season, South Africa hosted India for their first ever tour. Shastri opened in all four Tests and struggled to score runs. The only bright spot was a 16 ball 27* in India's one day win at Centurion park. He had batted down the order in the one day matches of this series. In reference to the World Cup innings against Australia, he commented later that for once he knew what his exact role was. While he may have been referring to a sheet anchor role he may have confused his inability to get the ball away with sheet anchor.

India hosted England immediately after the South Africa series. The knee injury returned before the series and put Shastri out of cricket for eight months. He never again represented India in international cricket.

In September 1994, while in Sri Lanka covering the Singer World Series, Shastri announced his retirement from first class cricket.

In late 1990, Shastri married Ritu Singh. He made his debut as a TV commentator with the World Masters Tournament in Mumbai in March 1995^[3]. He soon became one of the prominent commentators of the ESPN–Star sports channel ( listen (help· info) ). Shaz and Waz, his talk show with Wasim Akram, was a very popular program. In 2003, he collaborated in starting up Showdiff Worldwide, a celebrity management company. He has since served ICC and BCCI in temporary official capacities and as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Some of his temporary shows, such as Super Spells, still run Star Sports and related channels. ESPN/ESPN-DT, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an [[United States|Amer<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here--68. ... STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV. It shows sports programs. ... Image File history File links Ravi_Shastri. ... Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Facts and Figures

Major teams

• India, Bombay (Mumbai), West Zone, Rest of India, Indian Colts, India Under–22, India Under–25, Board President's XI, Wills XI, Young India, Glamorgan, MCC, Rest of the World

Official Tours

• New Zealand (1980–81), England (1982), Pakistan (1982–83), West Indies (1982–83), Pakistan (1984–85), Sri Lanka (1985–86), Australia (1985–86), England (1986), West Indies (1988–89), Pakistan (1989–90), England (1990), Australia (1991–92), Zimbabwe (1992–93), South Africa (1992–93)

Other tours

• India Under–19 to Sri Lanka (1980–81, as capt), India Under–19 to England (1981, as capt), Young Indians to Zimbabwe (1983–84, as capt), Rest of World to England (1989)

• England (1983 World Cup), Australia (1984–85, World Championship of Cricket), Sharjah (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 (2), 1986–87(2), 1987–88 (as capt), 1988–89, 1989–90 (2), 1991–92), Australia and New Zealand (1991–92, World Cup); Also participated in the 1987–88 World Cup in India

Miscellaneous

• First class debut  : 1979–80 for Bombay v Bihar at Jamshedpur (Age : 17 years and 292 days) [2]

• Last first class match  : 1993–94 for Bombay v Bengal at Bombay (Age : 31 years, 307 days) [3]

• Highest first class score : 217 (482 minutes, 417 balls, 30 fours) for Rest of India v Bengal at Bangalore, 1990–91 (Irani Trophy) [4]

• Best first class bowling  : 9–101 for Bombay v Rest of India at Indore, 1981–82 [5]

• Scored 100 runs (29 & 76) and took more than 10 wickets (4–91 & 8–91) in a first class match once, for Bombay v Delhi, Bombay 1984–85 [6]

• Scored the fastest double century in first class cricket – 113 minutes, for Bombay v Baroda at Bombay, 1984–85. Scored six sixes in a single over and 13 sixes overall in the same innings (see 'The Glorious Winter'). [7] ^{[18] [19]}

See also

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Notes

• The crowd for the fourth day of the 1984–85 Ranji final was one of the biggest ever in a domestic match in India. According to Sportsweek ^[20] it was 'more than 40,000' while Indian Cricket 1985^[11] says that it was about 46,000.

• Raju Bharatan^[3] insists that Shastri's TV debut was in the World Masters. But when he declared his retirement in 1994 Shastri was in Sri Lanka on some media capacity. The exact nature of this is not known. An article available online^[21] indicates that he was already a television commentator then.

References

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External links

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