Former coach Ravi Shastri prophesized young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and star quick Jasprit Bumrah to be India's key players for the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The hype building around the BGT has been nothing short of surreal. The dwindling form of the Test heavyweights has added an additional layer of spice to …
Ravi Shastri said that Dhruv Jurel has the potential to fit into India’s playing XI as a specialist batter. In the Perth Test against Australia, Jurel is one of the contenders to partner Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top of the order along with Abhimanyu Easwaran and KL Rahul in the absence of Rohit Sharma and …
File photo of Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli The talismanic Virat Kohli might have mellowed down a bit with age, but the Australia Test series gives him the opportunity to rediscover his old self. Batting form hasn't been Virat's friend of late. In the recently-concluded Test series against New Zealand, Virat didn't even …
(L to R) Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah© AFP India "paid a heavy price for being a little complacent" against New Zealand and the team needs to start well in the first two Tests against Australia to put behind their unprecedented loss to New Zealand at home, believes Ravi Shastri. The …
Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri reckons that batting stalwart Virat Kohli should embrace his fiery and combative persona against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to rediscover his dominant form in Test cricket. With the opening Test of the much-anticipated series set to begin in Perth on Friday, Shastri believes Kohli's trademark aggression could be the …
Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri, who masterminded India's historic Test series victories in Australia in 2018/19 and 2020/21, believes Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to leave the Australian shores as a more refined batter, regardless of how the tour unfolds. The former India coach confidently backed the young opener, describing him as "world-class" and predicting he …
Former India coach Ravi Shastri was uncertain about the cricketing future of Rishabh Pant when he visited him at the hospital a few days after that horrific car accident, and termed the wicketkeeper batter's recovery a "miracle." Pant made a comeback to white ball cricket during the IPL before returning to red-ball cricket …
Former India coach Ravi Shastri urged Virat Kohli's detractors to write the star batter off at their own peril in the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli has struggled for form in Tests in the recent past, but Shastri said the former captain will return to his best in his favourite hunting ground - Australia. Questions have …
Ravi Shastri is probably one of the most straight-talkers in world cricket. He is not known to shy away from speaking his mind with honest. The same was seen during the launch of 1983 World Cup winner and ex-chairman of BCCI selectors Sandeep Patil's autobiography - Beyond Boundaries. During the launch of the …
The 1983 World Cup winner and ex-chairman of selectors, Sandeep Patil feels John Wright's approach of giving a free-hand to players led to his successful coaching stint with India, something his more authoritarian successors Greg Chappell and Anil Kumble failed to emulate. In his autobiography -- Beyond Boundaries -- launched here on Wednesday, …
