When you are playing a Test match, you would like to be playing with your strongest side. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Let me say this: MS Dhoni has earned the right to retire when he wants to. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Sometimes in cricket nothing is automatic; when automatic fails you need some fuel. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
The classical art of spin bowling, how you should bowl in Test match cricket, is disappearing. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Virat is everywhere. He is hands on, and very communicative. That's what you want in a captain. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
How do you pick players? When they are good, and Dhoni is the best limited-overs keeper in the country. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
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 Image
An 'A' grade cricketer like Pujara should get a massive amount where he is not bothered whether he plays IPL or not. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to… — 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… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Once you have a good bowling attack that can take 20 wickets anywhere, then no game is an away game. Every game… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
I believe that tours should be only three Tests. With the amount of these things that is taking place, you will find… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
You know, when a fast bowler comes back after a series of five Test matches and then straightaway has to go into… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
The beauty of Test cricket is all about playing an opponent in their backyard or defending home turf under challenging conditions over… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
If you look at cricket per se, if you didn't have T20 cricket, Test cricket will die. People don't realise. You just… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
When you are watching a cricket match, and a side is 140 for 5 and another 100 plus to get in trying… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
The boss is the captain on the cricket field. I am in charge of the coaching staff. That's put into place. My… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
As a child I played cricket as a hobby. Once you started playing for your school, you became more ambitious. You reckoned… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
I firmly believe Test series should never be two Test matches, three is enough. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
In local cricket, I scored big hundreds and picked wickets against good teams. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the undisputed leader of the Indian cricket team. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
I was a very determined cricketer. I treated the opening position as a challenge. Big names and tough attacks brought the best… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
When you compare the icons of the game, you have Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni in the same bracket. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Virat is in your face, he wants to dominate and has a work ethic like no one else. Whether it comes to… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Between 50 overs and 20 overs, there is a big difference, because there is 30 extra overs of fielding and six extra… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Dhoni is a superstar. He is one of our greatest cricketers. When you have a career as glorious as that, you become… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Individual don't matter, and we should all work in the best interest of Indian cricket. It should take the centre-stage. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Don’t change the channel when Rohit Sharma walks out to bat, because by the time you change it back, he‘d be long… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
There are a few people who are waiting to see the end of MS Dhoni. But great players like him decide their… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are playing non-stop international cricket in all formats - which was the case with Jadeja - you do well… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, I have never seen any Indian batsman perform better than Virat on Australian soil keeping Sachin… — 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 Image
It's not worth scoring thousands of runs if your team keeps on losing. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
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 Image
A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You can't sideline players who can take a good helping for themselves in the Power Plays. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
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 Image
