51 Facts About Ravi Shastri

1. Ravi Shastri recently bought a brand new luxury car for $100,000.

2. Ravi Shastri owns few of the best luxury cars in the world.

3. Ravi Shastri is an Indian cricket commentator, former player and current head coach of the Indian national cricket team.

4. Ravi Shastri became head coach for Indian National Cricket team in July 15, 2017.

5. Ravi Shastri was very famous all-rounder player, who played for the India National Cricket team between Year, 1981 to 1992 in ODI and Tests both cricket.

6. Ravi Shastri recorded the second fastest double-ton in First-Class cricket during the famous knock against Baroda in the Ranji Trophy in 1985.

7. Ravi Shastri had another notable sportsperson in the family—Mridula Shastri, who captained the Indian women team as a swimmer and water polo player.

8. Ravi Shastri began his Test career at No 10 in the batting order.

9. Ravi Shastri was still in college when he got a SOS from the Indian team in New Zealand.

10. Ravi Shastri is the Director of Cricket for the Indian team on their ongoing tour of England.

11. Ravi Shastri said Kohli at No 4 can make the batting unit more stronger.

12. Ravi Shastri was named the Celebrity Torchbearer for the Oman Leg of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.

13. Ravi Shastri temporarily coached the Indian cricket team for their 2007 Bangladesh tour.

14. Ravi Shastri made his debut as a TV commentator with the World Masters Tournament in Mumbai in March 1995.

15. Ravi Shastri had batted down the order in the one day matches of this series.

16. Ravi Shastri missed the remaining two Test matches, both of which India lost.

17. Ravi Shastri finally fell to a tired shot at Warne after nine and a half hours, scoring 206 with 17 fours and the two sixes, thus becoming Warne's first Test wicket.

18. Ravi Shastri was dropped in the sixties by the Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, who was making his debut, off his own bowling.

19. Ravi Shastri led the Young India side to Zimbabwe in early 1984.

20. Ravi Shastri was part of the MCC team that played a Rest of the World team in the MCC bicentennial match at Lord's in 1987.

21. Ravi Shastri stayed with them until 1991, with a break in 1990 due to India's tour of England.

22. Ravi Shastri took four wickets at Calcutta and 69* at Hyderabad in two thrilling finishes.

23. Ravi Shastri scored hundreds in the quarter final and semifinal of the Duleep trophy, but West Zone lost to South on first innings lead in the latter match.

24. Ravi Shastri could hardly close his eyes before Bombay was 3 down for 42.

25. Ravi Shastri replaced Another Former Indian Cricketer Anil Kumble as the head coach of Indian national cricket team.

26. Ravi Shastri has done commentary on behalf of BCCI in the matches that India play.

27. Ravi Shastri was forced to retire aged 31 due to a recurring knee injury.

28. Ravi Shastri played four seasons of county cricket for Glamorgan.

29. Ravi Shastri sounded a confident Indian head coach while answering to a plethora of questions on India's upcoming tour against Australia which he thinks will be a break-out one after England and South Africa.

30. In a sobering warning, India coach Ravi Shastri says captain Virat Kohli is even better than the dominant batsman last sighted in Australia four years ago.

31. Ravi Shastri opened in all four Tests and struggled to score runs.

32. Ravi Shastri took 67 balls for his 25; India went on to lose by one run.

33. Ravi Shastri took four wickets in the second innings and Australia just about beat the clock to draw the match.

34. Ravi Shastri was little more than a part-time bowler by this time.

35. Ravi Shastri was recalled for the tour to England that summer as the vice-captain.

36. Ravi Shastri failed with the bat in the Reliance Cup but formed a successful bowling partnership with Maninder Singh, another left arm spinner.

37. Ravi Shastri played a crucial role in the Tied Test at Madras against Australia, scoring 62 and 48*.

38. Ravi Shastri set another record for Bombay against Baroda in a West Zone Ranji match.

39. Ravi Shastri had stood in for Gavaskar and opened with Srikkanth in two matches of the 1983 World Cup.

40. Around this time, Ravi Shastri began to open the innings regularly in one day games.

41. Ravi Shastri was even more successful in the next Test at Faisalabad, where he scored 139 and shared a stand of 200 with Sandip Patil.

42. Ravi Shastri was not selected to play in most of the important matches in the 1983 World Cup.

43. With the Test players away, Ravi Shastri captained the young team in the knockout matches.

44. Ravi Shastri won the leading six hitter award for the Sunday league matches of 1988 with 14 sixes.

45. Ravi Shastri made 29 before he was bowled attempting to cut an arm–ball.

46. Ravi Shastri arrived in Wellington the night before the first Test.

47. Ravi Shastri captained one of the two teams in a trial game and was then asked to lead the Indian Under-19 team.

48. Ravi Shastri was included in the coaching camp at the last minute by the National Coach Hemu Adhikari.

49. Ravi Shastri is of Mangalorean descent, was born in Bombay and studied at Don Bosco High School, Matunga.

50. Ravi Shastri admits the team was below par in the 2nd and 3rd ODIs.

51. Sourav Ganguly finally opens on how Ravi Shastri became team India's coach overnight on demand of Virat Kohli.