Full name Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri
Born May 27, 1962, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 55 years 327 days
Major teams India, Glamorgan, Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Other Commentator
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
80 | 121 | 14 | 3830 | 206 | 35.79 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 0 | ||
ODIs ![]() |
150 | 128 | 21 | 3108 | 109 | 29.04 | 5089 | 61.07 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 0 | |
First-class | 245 | 356 | 56 | 13202 | 217 | 44.00 | 34 | 66 | 141 | 0 | |||
List A | 278 | 250 | 45 | 6383 | 138* | 31.13 | 6 | 37 | 84 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
80 | 125 | 15751 | 6185 | 151 | 5/75 | 8/179 | 40.96 | 2.35 | 104.3 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
150 | 136 | 6613 | 4650 | 129 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 36.04 | 4.21 | 51.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 245 | 42422 | 16744 | 509 | 9/101 | 32.89 | 2.36 | 83.3 | 18 | 3 | |||
List A | 278 | 11966 | 8175 | 254 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 32.18 | 4.09 | 47.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 21-25, 1981 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v India at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-29, 1992 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v England at Ahmedabad, Nov 25, 1981 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 17, 1992 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1979/80 - 1993/94 |
List A span | 1980/81 - 1993/94 |
For over a decade, Ravi Shastri rendered yeoman service to Indian cricket in many ways. As an obdurate opening or middle-order batsman; as a left-arm spinner who was an integral part of the attack; and as long-time deputy to a couple of captains. In his time he was very much the glamour boy of Indian cricket, tall and good-looking and with an image to match. He had his detractors who charged that he batted too slowly, that he was selfish in his approach, that he continued to be in the team only because Gavaskar was captain. But the phlegmatic Shastri took all this in his stride, letting his performances on the field speak for themselves. In reality, as Shastri himself admitted, he was not particularly talented but had come up only through hard work.