Shastri wants India to aim for a positive start in Australia
Shastri believes India must target a fast start to the series in Perth to keep their World Test Championship hopes alive.
Shastri believes India must target a fast start to the series in Perth to keep their World Test Championship hopes alive.
Kohli has endured an indifferent run across all formats over the last few months, with the 36-year-old managing just one half-century and averaging only 21.33 across five Test matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand since the start of the year.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes Virat Kohli can make a turnaround in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy if he can maintain his composure, play at his own rhythm, and resist the urge to be in a rush.
In June, Rathour’s five-year association with the national team ended, with the expiry of his contract soon after India’s triumph at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Former India coach and noted commentator Ravi Shastri believes Gautam Gambhir can make an immediate impact in his new role as head coach because he’s a “contemporary” mentor and already close to the team.
Shastri said that there were teams in the mix now that would not survive the third day of a Test in India, with its turning wickets, and in England, with its prodigious swing.
Shastri insisted that the format wouldn't be limited to only six sides, but teams will have to qualify for being part of the top six.
India are staring at defeat on the final day of the contest with England well-paced on 259/3 and requiring just 119 runs to win the contest and level the series 2-2.
The team known as 'Kapil's Devils' could bat till No. 11, had 7-8 bowling options, good fielders like Kapil Dev, who pulled off a couple of sensational catches to help the team extricate itself from difficult situations.
Pant has reached at least 20 in eight innings but hasn't converted any of those knocks into fifties. Overall, he has scored 281 runs in 11 matches.
