November 6, 2024
Cricket

Ravi Shastri becomes 15th coach of Indian cricket team . Here are some lesser known facts about him.

Ravi Shastri becomes 15th coach of Indian cricket team . Here are some lesser known facts about him.

 

Ravi Shastri has gone past Virender Sehwag , Tom Moody , Lalchand Rajput to acquire the post of being coach of the Indian cricket team . The partnership of Virat-Shastri will continue till 2019 world cup . Also, Bharat Arun has been appointed as the bowling coach whereas , Sanjay Bangar has been made the batting consultant.

Shastri has been a legend of the game.We bring some of the lesser known facts about him.

  1. He became the manager of Indian cricket team for the first time on Bangladesh tour after the controversial exit of Greg Chappel.
  2. Shastri is the 2nd player after Gary Sobers to hit six 6’s in an over ,he achieved this feat against Tilak Raj in a match between Mumbai and Baroda .
  3. In his playing career ,he was tall and good looking and termed as the “Play Boy” of Indian cricket team . His affair with Amrita Singh was publicised .
  4. Shastri started his test career batting at number 10 but he impressed one and all to acquire an opening slot for himself.
  5. Shastri married Ritu Singh in 1990. They have a daughter, Aleka, who was born in 2008.
  6. His good friend during his playing career was Sunil Gavaskar.
  7. During his span of being the manager in 2015 , he allowed wives and girlfriends of the cricketers to accompany them on the foreign tours.
  8. He also played for Glamorgan from 1987-1991 ,which is an English county team.
  9. He had potential skills for captaining the side but injuries and tendency to lose form at crucial times meant that he captained India in only one Test match.
  10. Ravi Shastri was forced to retire at the age of 31 , due to a recurring knee injury.

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