Players / Ravi Shastri

India in Bangladesh 2007

Tendulkar has plenty to offer, says Shastri

May 6, 2007: Ravi Shastri, the cricket manager of the Indian team, was in an upbeat mood on the eve of the team's departure for Bangladesh

Selectors have to pick Test, ODI sides while watching Twenty20

Right men, wrong time

Apr 18, 2007: In picking the squad for Bangladesh the selectors will have to perform balancing act between BCCI's youth directive and need for experience

Indian cricket's revamp

I want India to enjoy the game - Shastri

Apr 9, 2007:

Former player appointed India's cricket manager

'I have the experience to contribute' - Shastri

Apr 7, 2007:

Indian cricket at crossroads

Board keen on administrative and media managers

Apr 6, 2007: Rahul Dravid is likely to stay on as India captain, according to sources in the Board for Control of Cricket in India

Improved pitches, paid selectors among others

Former captains suggest a cut in endorsements

Apr 6, 2007: Seven former Indian captains - Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth, S Venkataraghavan and Chandu Borde - met the BCCI bigwigs to suggest ways to move forward from the World Cup debacle

Gag order on players as media is kept out

Secrecy is the buzzword as meeting gets underway

Apr 5, 2007: The extreme developments of the last couple of days had prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India to take no chances with the high-powered meetings set to take place in Mumbai on April 6 and 7

Polly Umrigar dies at 80

'A gentleman and a great student of the game'

Nov 7, 2006:

Roundtable: How good is the modern batsman?

'Lara the greatest among his peers'

Nov 4, 2006: Batting averages have risen because pace-bowling standards have fallen

DLF Cup post-mortem

'Kuala Lumpur was a hiccup' - Shastri

Sep 27, 2006: India, alongside Australia and Pakistan as the three best one-day teams in the world. Kuala Lumpur was a hiccup, nothing more or less

Aftermath of the DLF Cup

Dravid, not Chappell, needs to call the shots - Shastri

Sep 25, 2006: Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder turned commentator, feels that Dravid should assert himself more

Former allrounder pleased with India's experimentation tactics

No one is indispensable - Shastri

May 16, 2006: Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder and current commentator, has expressed his faith in India as they attempt to win in the Caribbean for the first time since 1970-71

Crisis in Indian cricket

'Our decision was based on cold logic' - Shastri

Sep 30, 2005: Ravi Shastri, former India captain, has said that the media should also take into cognizance the positives that have emerged from the so-called truce between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell

November 2004

'You weak Victorian'

Oct 28, 2004: Dean Jones, Ravi Shasrti, Greg Matthews and Bobby Simpson look back on the Tied Test of 1986

Former Indian captain speaks out

Murali being victimised, says Shastri

Aug 12, 2004: Ravi Shastri believes that Muttiah Muralitharan is being needlessly victimised mainly because he is an Asian

Former Indian captain speaks out

Murali being victimised, says Shastri

Aug 12, 2004: Ravi Shastri believes that Muttiah Muralitharan is being needlessly victimised mainly because he is an Asian

Committee formed to revive the art of spin bowling

Kumble joins BCCI's spin wing

May 30, 2004: The spin wing of the Indian board's National Cricket Academy has been strengthened by the induction of Anil Kumble into a newly formed panel

Pension scheme for former players

Every little helps

May 21, 2004: The Indian Board's pension scheme for former national players was launched in Mumbai today

A history of India-Pakistan cricket

Hope and fear

Mar 27, 2004: Rahul Bhattacharya looks back at five decades of India-Pakistan cricket - a saga in three parts

A history of India-Pakistan cricket

Hope and fear

Mar 27, 2004: Rahul Bhattacharya looks back at five decades of India-Pakistan cricket - a saga in three parts