Players / Ravi Shastri

To take over from Ajay Shirke

Ravi Shastri appointed NCA chairman

Sep 28, 2007: Ravi Shastri, the former India captain, was today appointed chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) by the Indian board

The yips

All in the mind

Sep 13, 2007: How it feels to be trapped in the choking process

Bangladesh v India, 2nd Test, Dhaka, 3rd day

Shastri rules out extending term as cricket manager

May 27, 2007: Ravi Shastri, India's cricket manager, made it clear that there was no way he would be continuing with the job as he had other professional commitments

Bangladesh v India, 1st ODI, Mirpur

'It will be difficult to beat us now'

May 10, 2007: Ravi Shastri says India will be much tougher to beat through the rest of the series after their five-wicket win at Mirpur

India in Bangladesh 2007

India's chance for redemption

May 6, 2007: India finally gets a chance to erase the memories of a disastrous World Cup

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