Ravi Shastri

Team India head coach Ravi Shastri says THIS on book launch criticism after testing COVID-19 positive

Ravi Shastri himself was the first to test positive for the virus, followed by bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar too testing positive.

Sep 13, 2021, 06:31 AM IST

MS Dhoni almost had a tear in his eye after 2019 World Cup semis exit, writes Ravi Shastri

MS Dhoni ended his international career with 90 Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is under his belt but landmarks never mattered to him. He remains the only skipper to win T20 World Cup, 50-over World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy during his tenure.

Sep 10, 2021, 11:58 AM IST

'I am just praying there is no clash between MS Dhoni and Ravi Shastri': Ex-India batsman on MSD's mentor role

MS Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year having played his last game in 2019 World Cup semi-final, was on Wednesday named as team mentor for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE.

Sep 09, 2021, 16:31 PM IST

Virender Sehwag was never a ‘maaro or maro’ slogger, he was once-in-a-generation player, writes Ravi Shastri

Virender Sehwag played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20s in his career for India and ended up as a World Champion in the 2007 and 2011 in the T20 and 50-over format respectively. Ravi Shastri calls Sehwag ‘unarguably one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era’.

Sep 09, 2021, 14:22 PM IST

Yuvraj Singh became an icon after six sixes against Stuart Broad, writes fellow record-holder Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri nicknamed former India batsman ‘Junior’ while Yuvraj Singh calls Team India head coach as ‘Senior’ since that incredible night in South Africa.

Sep 08, 2021, 11:00 AM IST

India vs Eng 2021: Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli won’t be questioned over leaving team to attend event, says BCCI

Over the past few days, in the lead-up to the fourth Test at The Oval, Ravi Shastri had attended functions, including the one in which his book was launched. Virat Kohli was also present at the book launch.

Sep 08, 2021, 06:21 AM IST

MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli: Ravi Shastri points out BIG DIFFERENCE between former and current Indian captain

Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has compared Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in his book ‘Stargazing: The players in my life’.

Sep 07, 2021, 17:05 PM IST

Virat Kohli is fired up all the time, biggest boon to cricket, writes Ravi Shastri

The Indian skipper Virat Kohli averages above 50 in all three formats of the game and went past 23,000 international runs in the fourth Test against England at the Oval, which India went on to win to get a 2-1 lead in the five-match series on Monday (September 6).

Sep 07, 2021, 10:31 AM IST

Arun, Sridhar including Ravi Shastri test positive for COVID-19; trio not travelling to the Manchester

Team India's head coach Ravi Shastri along with Bharat Arun and R Sridhar was found corona positive in RT-PCR test. They have been quarantined separately for ten days, due to which all three will not go on the Manchester tour for the fifth Test.

Sep 06, 2021, 17:40 PM IST

India vs England: After Ravi Shastri, Indian coaches Bharat Arun and R. Sridhar also test Covid positive

Just half an hour before the start of play on Day 4, the BCCI said its medical team had isolated Shastri, Bharat Arun, Sridhar, and physio Nitin Patel as a precautionary measure after Shastri's lateral flow test returned positive on Saturday evening.

Sep 06, 2021, 16:39 PM IST

Pakistan PM and ex-captain Imran Khan wanted to bounce the s**t out of me: Ravi Shastri

In Tests against India, Imran Khan picked up 94 wickets in 24 ties at an average of 24.04 with 2 ten-wicket hauls and six five-wicket hauls.

Sep 06, 2021, 08:45 AM IST

India vs Eng 4th Test: Ravi Shastri COVID-19 positive test distracted team, says coach Vikram Rathour

India were in a commanding position after scoring 466 in the second essay, courtesy a memorable hundred by Rohit Sharma and equally important knocks by Cheteshwar Pujara, Shardul Thakur and Rishabh Pant.

Sep 06, 2021, 06:35 AM IST

Ravi Shastri tests COVID-19 positive, kept in isolation along with three others

India head coach Ravi Shastri has been kept in isolation as a precautionary measure after his lateral flow test returned positive on Saturday evening. 

Sep 05, 2021, 15:40 PM IST

MS Dhoni in same league as Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev, says Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri termed MS Dhoni as one of the three most impactful Indian cricketers besides Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev.

Sep 03, 2021, 14:42 PM IST

India vs Eng 2021: Virat Kohli says ‘my body shook’ on listening to coach Ravi Shastri for first time

India captain Virat Kohli spoke about his close bond with team's head coach Ravi Shastri during the latter's book launch in London. 

Sep 02, 2021, 06:42 AM IST

India vs Eng 2nd Test: Ravi Shastri & Co’s future to be discussed with BCCI officials in London

Rahul Dravid is seen as the front-runner to take over if Shastri does decide to exit. But the former India skipper after the recent Sri Lanka series said he hadn’t given the idea of being the full-time coach of the national team much thought.

Aug 11, 2021, 09:50 AM IST

Is Rahul Dravid in line to become next India head coach? THIS BCCI move suggests so

Former India captain Rahul Dravid went as interim head coach to Sri Lanka for a limited-overs series last month. India enjoyed success on the Lankan tour, led by Shikhar Dhawan by winning the ODI series and losing a closely-fought T20 series 1-2

Aug 10, 2021, 14:41 PM IST

In Pics: India and England gear up for first Test at Trent Bridge

India and England continued their preparations ahead of the five-Test series which gets underway at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Wednesday (August 4). India suffered another injury blow as opener Mayank Agarwal was ruled out of the first Test after taking a blow on his head in the nets at Trent Bridge. Here in these collection of pics, we take a look at how India and hosts England are gearing up for the first Test.

Aug 03, 2021, 13:04 PM IST

India vs England 2021: Rishabh Pant gets ‘floral’ welcome on return to team, quotes THIS Shah Rukh Khan dialogue

Rishabh Pant shared a few pictures of him with a garland around and quoted a famous dialogue from a Shah Rukh Khan movie ‘Baazigar’ while thanking coach Shastri and teammates for the reception.

Jul 23, 2021, 09:18 AM IST

In Pics: Team India members seen at Wimbledon and Euro 2020

Team India cricketers were given a three-week break after their loss to New Zealand in the World Test Championship final ahead of their five-match Test series against England. While most like skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma avoided large public gatherings in the United Kingdom, there were others who chose to attend Wimbledon or UEFA Euro 2020 games even though COVID-19 is far from over in UK. As a result, two India cricketers have tested COVID-19 positive and one of them - Rishabh Pant - is still in isolation. In these collection of pictures, we take a look at Team India members who attended Wimbledon or UEFA Euro 2020 over the last couple of weeks.

Jul 15, 2021, 13:59 PM IST