ravi shastri Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ravi shastri is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri
Born
May 27, 1962, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Age
61 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Batting Allrounder
Other
Coach
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 80 | 150 | - | - |
Inn | 121 | 128 | - | - |
Runs | 3830 | 3108 | - | - |
Avg | 35.79 | 29.05 | - | - |
SR | 48.22 | 61.07 | - | - |
HS | 206 | 109 | - | - |
NO | 14 | 21 | - | - |
100s | 11 | 4 | - | - |
50s | 12 | 18 | - | - |
4s | 317 | 206 | - | - |
6s | 22 | 25 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 80 | 150 | - | - |
Inn | 125 | 136 | - | - |
Balls | 15751 | 6613 | - | - |
Runs | 6185 | 4650 | - | - |
Wkt | 151 | 129 | - | - |
BBI | 75 / 5 | 15 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 179 / 8 | 15 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 2.36 | 4.22 | - | - |
Avg | 40.96 | 36.05 | - | - |
5W | 2 | 1 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Glamorgan
- Mumbai
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
One of the many Bombay-products of the 80s in the Indian side, he started off as a prodigy from the maidans. A Harris-Shield winning captain in the final year of school, he was spotted by the scouts, fast-tracked through the ranks and at the age of 17, found himself in the Bombay Ranji Trophy squad, the then youngest to do so. A year later, an India cap duly followed.
He was the generation's pin-up boy - flamboyant, loud, brash. His cricket though was for large parts the perfect contrast - orthodox, defensive. Often promoted to bat up the order when the regular openers would 'get injured' as soon as India went overseas, Shastri built a style of ultra-defensive batting around himself - something that his career risks getting defined by. But it got him runs, big runs, against big sides. An average of 77.75 against the mighty Aussies of that decade says enough.
He came into the side predominantly as a left-arm spinner, starting off at number ten, when he made his Test debut in 1981 against New Zealand at Basin Reserve. Promotions surely were in order, moving up the ladder and in eighteen months found himself opening the batting, batting in every single position by the end of his career.
Out of his eleven Test centuries, seven of them came outside home, on tough tours of Pakistan, England and the West Indies. He was also a perpetual vice-captain, first to Gavaskar, then to Kapil Dev, followed by Vengsarkar, Srikkanth and Azharuddin. In the one Test he led India at Madras, he took them to victory, pocketing an interesting piece of trivia.
The glory moments
The World Championship of Cricket in 1985 marked a new chapter in India's cricketing journey. Not only was it one of those rare televised tournaments in India, it also marked the start of one-day cricket as we know it today - with coloured clothes and under floodlights. India were also in with a mission to prove that their 1983 World Cup win was no fluke. Ravi Shastri maintained his top form throughout, both with ball and as an opener and helped India win each of their matches en route the trophy. The Audi, a Man of the Series prize was his.
Another defining moment came in the domestic circuit, against poor Tilak Raj of Baroda. In one of those instances of breaking out of his perceived defensive mould, Shastri launched an offence that culminated in six sixes in an over - a record achieved by only three others in the world till date.
Commentary days
If one skims through any of India's recent cricketing footage, Shastri's booming voice would stand out. With a bunch of one-liners, repeated with regularity, he's carved out a niche for himself behind the mic as he calls out the game. He took to commentary soon after retirement, and found his rise coincide with India's economy getting globalized. With new players stepping into the broadcasting scene, his command over English and the ability to articulate, made him a much sought after entity in the box and in the analyst's chair.
Take India's big moments, the 2011 World Cup winning hit, Sreesanth's catch in the 2007 World T20, Yuvraj Singh's six sixes, it's his voice that'll blare through the screens.
Coaching voyage
A crisis in Indian cricket often has Shastri as its supposed cure. He was made manager of the national side after the drubbing in the 2007 World Cup. Although only for a series, it marked a new shift in guard after the troublesome Greg Chappell era. Similarly after a string of dismal overseas tours, he was made the 'Team Director' in 2014, a role which continued even post Duncan Fletcher's exit till early 2016.
His interview from Bangkok for the Head Coach and his subsequent tiff with Sourav Ganguly made headlines, but after Anil Kumble's unceremonious exit after the 2017 Champions Trophy, he was back in the chair. Together with skipper Virat Kohli, he's formed an aggressive, bordering on arrogant, combo, but it's one that's delivering the right results for the side. It's during his tenure that India's become this powerhouse of fast bowling, a key reason for them becoming the first Indian side in history to register a Test series win in Australia in 2018-19.
Despite not quite performing to full potential in the 2019 World Cup, a campaign that saw some debatable batting strategies as favourites India bowed out to underdogs New Zealand, Shastri received staunch support for an extension in his coaching term from his skipper Kohli. He was duly awarded one, now lasting until the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Written by - Vineet Anantharaman
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
For over a decade, Ravi Shastri rendered sterling service to Indian cricket as an obdurate opening or middle-order batter, a left-arm spinner integral to the attack, and long-time deputy to a couple of captains.
Tall and good-looking and with an image to match, Shastri was glamorous in an age when few cricketers were - no matter if it was in stark contrast to his playing style, which was stodgy, with pushes and prods where others used more lavish strokes; with the ball, he was mostly not more than defensive, pegging away on a good length. Shastri was like Navjot Sidhu in reverse: starting off as a lower-order hitter, he ended up as a stonewaller at the top of the order. (Though occasionally, contrary to his image as a dour plodder, he went into top gear, as when he equalled Garry Sobers' record of six sixes in an over, in a Ranji Trophy game in January 1985.)
His detractors charged that he batted too slowly, that he was selfish in his batting, that he continued to be in the India side only because his Bombay team-mate Sunil Gavaskar was captain. But Shastri let his performances on the field speak for themselves.
No one could deny his immense value to the side, his commitment to the team's cause, and his consistency. Against Australia he averaged a formidable 77.75 from ten Tests, about a third of those runs coming in Sydney in 1992, when he took young debtuant Shane Warne to the cleaners in making a double-hundred. Another highlight down under came in 1985, when he starred in India's win in the World Championship of Cricket, with eight wickets and 182 runs in five ODIs - the most memorable expression of his value as a utility white-ball player.
A deep thinker and a shrewd strategist, he led India to victory in the one Test he captained - against West Indies in Madras in 1988.
Though he played 80 Tests, Shastri was just 30 when he appeared in his last match. He went on to a career as a commentator known for his combativeness and his robust way with a cliché. He then served as India team director, and later, coach for a spell during which the team chalked up two landmark Test series wins in Australia.