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IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma's challenges as Mumbai Indians skipper have doubled, says Ravi Shastri Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes Rohit Sharma's challenges as skipper of five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians "have doubled" in the few years, citing the change in personnel in the team. The addition of two new teams ahead of IPL 2022 meant Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya went to Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants respectively, while Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard called time on their IPL playing careers. Mumbai's issues also increased with Jofra A...
IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma's challenges as Mumbai Indians skipper have doubled, says Ravi Shastri
IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma's challenges as Mumbai Indians skipper have doubled, says Ravi Shastri
Source: IANS
8/05/2023 6:08:49 PM
Virat Kohli, Anushka buy 8-acre farmhouse in Alibaug Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and her cricketer husband Virat Kohli are now the owners of an eight-acre farmhouse in the plush Alibaug area near Mumbai. The farmhouse is spread over 8 acres of land near Zirad, a village in Alibaug, and the couple, according to media reports, have spent almost Rs 19.24 crore to acquire the property. The report, which appeared in ETimes, notes that athe couple paid a deposit of Rs 1.15 crore to the government treasury. Virat's brother, Vikas Koh...
Virat Kohli, Anushka buy 8-acre farmhouse in Alibaug
Virat Kohli, Anushka buy 8-acre farmhouse in Alibaug
Source: IANS
3/09/2022 12:38:23 PM
If Kohli gets a fifty in the very first game, mouths will be shut for the rest of the tournament: Shastri Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has claimed that if talismanic India batter Virat Kohli gets a fifty in the side's match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on August 28, then the mouths of critics will be quiet for the rest of the tournament. If he features in India's Asia Cup opener against Pakistan, dubbed as the 'greatest rivalry' in cricketing world, it will also mark Kohli's 100th T20I appearance. Kohli returns to the Indian team for the Asia Cup in T20I form...
If Kohli gets a fifty in the very first game, mouths will be shut for the rest of the tournament: Shastri
If Kohli gets a fifty in the very first game, mouths will be shut for the rest of the tournament: Shastri
Source: IANS
23/08/2022 5:23:01 PM
ENG v IND, 5th Test: No better person to take over after me than Rahul, says Ravi Shastri Former India head coach Ravi Shastri hailed his successor and former batter Rahul Dravid, saying that he is the best person to take over from him as the head coach of the national side. After Shastri's reign as the head coach ended after Men's T20 World Cup last year, Dravid succeeded him for the job in November 2021 and is currently with the side in the ongoing Edgbaston Test. "No better person to take over after me than Rahul. I got that job (of head coach) by mistake whi...
ENG v IND, 5th Test: No better person to take over after me than Rahul, says Ravi Shastri
ENG v IND, 5th Test: No better person to take over after me than Rahul, says Ravi Shastri
Source: IANS
3/07/2022 4:27:03 PM
Extremely important that captain and coach should have a say in team selection: Shastri Former India head coach Ravi Shastri thinks that the captain and coach should have a say in the team selection in the future. In Indian cricket, the captain is a part of the selection committee meeting to give inputs ahead of a bilateral series or an ICC event. But the decision of choosing the final squad lies with the five-member selection panel. The head coach, on the other hand, doesn't have a spot in the selection matters. This is in stark contrast to selection systems in Australia...
Extremely important that captain and coach should have a say in team selection: Shastri
Extremely important that captain and coach should have a say in team selection: Shastri
Source: IANS
30/12/2021 5:25:45 PM
Dhoni's decision to suddenly quit Tests was brave & selfless: Shastri Former India skipper MS Dhoni acted bravely and selflessly when he quit Tests suddenly and midway through the tour of Australia in 2014 with just 90 Tests under his belt and not dragging himself to 100 Test matches, Indian head coach Ravi Shastri has said. "MS was India's, in fact the world's, biggest player then with three ICC trophies under his belt, including two World Cups, and some very impressive silverware from the IPL. His form was good, and he was just 10 matches shy ...
Dhoni's decision to suddenly quit Tests was brave & selfless: Shastri
Dhoni's decision to suddenly quit Tests was brave & selfless: Shastri
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 11:00:56 AM
Imran's message to Akram was to bounce the s**t out of me: Shastri  Team India head coach Ravi Shastri in his new book ‘Stargazing: The players in my life' has rated cricketer-turned-Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan as one of the 'greatest captains the game has ever seen'. Shastri also shared an interesting anecdote of an on-field rivalry that took place between the two in 1987. "Imran Khan is one of the greatest captains and players the game has seen. Why I hold this view hardly needs qualification. His records speak of i...
Imran's message to Akram was to bounce the s**t out of me: Shastri
Imran's message to Akram was to bounce the s**t out of me: Shastri
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 10:04:44 AM
Shastri recalls historic win at The Oval in 1971 India coach Ravi Shastri recalled India's 1971 historic Test series win in England, their first in the country, saying that the achievement inspired him no end to win in England. "I remember that game to the tee. I was nine-years-old. I was listening to it on BBC Test Match Special (TMS). There were some big names there [in commentary], who led me to next profession in broadcasting," said Shastri in a talk show 'The Golden Jubilee' hosted by Ashis Ray and Manish Tiwar...
Shastri recalls historic win at The Oval in 1971
Shastri recalls historic win at The Oval in 1971
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 9:18:40 AM