Ravi Shastri

India vs West Indies: Prithvi Shaw to open innings with Rohit Sharma in ODI series?

The management and the selectors are very keen to try out new players and rotate the senior and established names as they build a side for the World Cup next year.

Oct 17, 2018

Virat Kohli on Prithvi Shaw: Don't think any of us were even 10% of what he is at 18

Captain Kohli expressed delight at Shaw's fearless approach after the 18-year-old amassed 237 runs and walked away with the Man of the Series award in his maiden assignment with the Indian team against the West Indies.

Oct 15, 2018

Rishabh Pant or Wriddhiman Saha? Sunil Gavaskar picks his choice for Australia series

Wriddhiman Saha, who was India's number 1 choice wicket-keeper, had injured his hamstring in the first match of the South Africa Test series and has since missed India's matches.

Oct 15, 2018

India vs West Indies: Umesh gives selection headache to Shastri, Kohli after 10-fer in Hyderabad

Umesh Yadav became only the third Indian pacer after Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath to pick up 10 wickets in a match at home on Sunday, October 14.

Oct 14, 2018

Why India struggles in overseas conditions? Rahul Dravid identifies the problem

Dravid, who is the coach of the India A and India under-19 teams believes that the work in red-ball cricket is still in process and that India does have the talent and backup, but a lot of work needs to be done with the players.

Oct 9, 2018

Ravi Shastri is the main selector, selection panel not experienced enough: Syed Kirmani

The Indian selectors came under fire when they dropped Karun Nair from the Test squad against West Indies after he was not picked to play in any of the Test matches in England.

Oct 9, 2018

Selection issues, player management main focus in BCCI meet with Indian team management

The CoA will now convene a review meet ahead of the second Test against West Indies and it will be attended by Indian captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, head coach Ravi Shastri and chief selector MSK Prasad.

Oct 8, 2018

Sehwag was an absolute genius, don't compare Prithvi with him: Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly also predicted that Shaw might be successful in Australia because he has a good backfoot game, but advised that people should wait before jumping to conclusions.

Oct 5, 2018

Ravi Shastri compares Prithvi Shaw to two Indian legends after teenager's maiden Test ton

The cameras panned to the dressing room when he notched up his 50 and then once again when he erupted in joy when he got to his century.

Oct 4, 2018

Report: Rohit Sharma could be in for surprise call-up for Australia tour

While Rohit has struggled against the seaming ball, he has the game to be successful on pacy and bouncy tracks and has the ability to tackle fast-bowling.

Oct 3, 2018

Report: Ravi Shastri defends team, Virat Kohli in review meeting with BCCI

Shastri also spoke about the influence of Virat Kohli and said that the team is headed in the right direction under him.

Oct 2, 2018

Captain Rohit Sharma likens himself to MS Dhoni after successful Asia Cup 2018 campaign

Despite not setting the stage on fire with the bat in Asia Cup, Dhoni was an instrumental presence and his smart glovework and tactical nous were needed by the team and Rohit has accepted it.

Sep 29, 2018

Asia Cup: Ravi Shastri in awe of captain Rohit Sharma's 'calming influence' as India win 7th title

India managed to fend off a spirited challenge from Bangladesh by gunning down a 223-run target in the last ball of hard-fought Asia Cup inal in Dubai on Friday.

Sep 29, 2018

Asia Cup 2018: Sourav Ganguly speaks about India's chances in the absence of Virat Kohli

India will begin their Asia Cup campaign against Hong Kong on Tuesday, September 18, and only 24 hours later will lock horns with Pakistan.

Sep 18, 2018

In Ravi Shastri's absence, MS Dhoni takes his place as supervisor in training

Dhoni stood exactly in the same place as Ravi Shastri and guided both the batsmen and bowlers. This could well be an indication of the worth of the former Indian captain to this team even when he hangs up his boots.

Sep 17, 2018

Chetan Chauhan says Ravi Shastri should be sacked as India head coach

The former Indian cricketer also dismissed Shastri's comments of this Indian team being the "best travelling team in the world".

Sep 17, 2018

Cricket Australia reacts to Ravi Shastri's proposal of more practice games for India

Captain Virat Kohli had an entirely different take on the issue of practice games. India had shortened their game against Essex to three days citing problems with the outfield before the Test series.

Sep 16, 2018

Sourav Ganguly, India coach, India cricket,

Sourav Ganguly picks his favourite to win Asia Cup

It will be another Test for head coach Ravi Shastri after the disappointing England tour. Despite the lack of results in England, Shastri exudes confidence and believes his team has all the right ingredients to be successful.

Sep 15, 2018

We are still the number 1 side in the world, says Ravi Shastri after England Test series loss

Shastri reiterated the point that his team played very well and gave it their all on the field and despite the results not going in their favour, there was no need to be hassled.

Sep 14, 2018

After England loss, Ravi Shastri wants more practice games before Australia series

It is worth mentioning here that ahead of the Test series against England, India played just a lone warm-up game against Essex and even that game was clipped to three days.