A biography for Ravi Shastrihasn’t been written yet.
“Sometimes in cricket nothing is automatic; when automatic fails you need some fuel.”
“I focus on the present.”
“A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players.”
“You don't come to a cricket ground to draw a cricket match.”
“Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don't be scared of what if.”
“Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the undisputed leader of the Indian cricket team.”
“I am used to challenges, bring on another one.”
“I am more into fine-tuning, mindsets, and how you play the game. Very rarely will I go and tinker with a player unless I think it is needed.”
“How do you pick players? When they are good, and Dhoni is the best limited-overs keeper in the country.”
“An 'A' grade cricketer like Pujara should get a massive amount where he is not bothered whether he plays IPL or not.”
“There's never been a weak South African or Australian team. They are fighters.”
“I firmly believe Test series should never be two Test matches, three is enough.”
“It's going to get harder and harder to find guys who will play for ten years in all formats of the game, and whoever does it, good luck to him - he'll be a great batsman or bowler.”
“When you have seven to eight players performing game after game, you are on an absolute roll.”
“I always considered myself an allrounder.”
“Between 50 overs and 20 overs, there is a big difference, because there is 30 extra overs of fielding and six extra overs to bowl, and that can take its toll.”
“You know, when a fast bowler comes back after a series of five Test matches and then straightaway has to go into a one-day series with a three-day break, a T20 series with a one-day break, it is tough.”
“Dhoni is a superstar. He is one of our greatest cricketers. When you have a career as glorious as that, you become a topic on television.”
“As far as I am concerned, I have never seen any Indian batsman perform better than Virat on Australian soil keeping Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman in mind as they have done exceptionally well.”