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 also said that he would not have considered himself as a successful coach if he was not able to get the best out of Rohit Sharma as a Test opener.
On Monday, with India's final T20 World Cup encounter against Namibia, the trio of head coach Shastri, bowling coach Bharat, and fielding coach Sridhar concluded their stint.
Several elite Indian cricketers spent months in bio-bubble conditions during the World Cup campaign in the UAE, travelling from one sterile environment to the next and rarely getting to spend quality time with their family back home.
The coach categorically said that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will not lose money on account of the cancelled fifth Test. The series was keenly poised with India leading 2-1 when the final Test was cancelled.
Shastri was squarely criticized for launching his new book in London and spreading the Covid-19 virus among the support staff two days before the fourth Test at The Oval.
