When you play the game, you want your mind clear. You want to be able to focus inwards without a care in the world for anything outside. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
We are a country obsessed by records. For us, hundreds, ten thousand runs, and large haul of wickets are more important than the performance… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
Sourav's greatest asset is his ability to communicate. He is a naturally very confident person. He encourages his team, is a great motivator and… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
If you look at cricket per se, if you didn't have T20 cricket, Test cricket will die. People don't realise. You just play Test… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
I don't want everyone toeing the same line. You have got to have discussions and someone might then think of a fresh strategy, which… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
As far as I am concerned, I have never seen any Indian batsman perform better than Virat on Australian soil keeping Sachin Tendulkar and… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
You can't sideline players who can take a good helping for themselves in the Power Plays. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to the game. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
One-day cricket and T20s have vastly different identities and one cannot look at it through the mere lens of 'white-ball cricket.' — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
Once you have a good bowling attack that can take 20 wickets anywhere, then no game is an away game. Every game is a… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share
