9 Quotes By Ravi Shashtri That Show He Knows His Cricket Inside Out

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is so much more than just a few cricket commentary cliches that keep doing the rounds of the internet. The former Indian skipper had been dubbed the Champion of Champions for his extraordinary cricketing skills, won the hearts of a million cricket fans with his talent at the commentary box, coached India and even served as the Indian Team Director.

With his magnanimous experience, it goes without saying that Ravi Shastri has learnt the game very well even though he doesn’t run the 22 yards anymore. Keeping aside his trademark commentary cliches, let’s take a look at some of the most insightful statements that this veteran has made about Indian cricket that make total sense. However, some of these statements are just bring out the pure bad-assery of this big fellow more than than anything else but all that’s backed by his body of work.

1. Shooting straight at Jagmohan Dalmiya…

 

2. Cricket is not a one-man-show and he just said it…

 

3. Ravi Shastri knows what Captain Cool means to India…

 

4. On Why Test cricket is dying a slow death…

 

5. Who is going to step into the shoes of Rahul Dravid?

 

6. And it’s not just what goes on the field that concerns him…

 

7. When asked if Indian players are too milestones oriented…

 

8. A day and night Test match might just be the thing that brings Test matches to the forefront…

 

9. The perfect coach who knows that times are a changing…

Every word spoken by Ravi Shastri shows he knows his game very well and there’s nobody who can say otherwise.