Ravi Shastri

Ravishankar ("Ravi") Jayadritha Shastri (born 1962-05-27 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was an all–rounder who batted right–handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually became more of a batsman who could bowl.

References

• {{note|WoC}} Javed Akhtar, The Young Veteran, Interview with Ravi Shastri, World of Cricket, April 1986
• {{note|IC81}} Pradeep Vijayakar, Cricketer of the Year article, Indian Cricket 1981
• {{note|GG}} Sandeep Bamzai, Guts & Glory: The Bombay Cricket Story
• {{note|IC83}} Indian Cricket 1983, p.3, in the review of the tour of West Indies
• {{note|IC85}} Indian Cricket 1985
• {{note|Sw1}} Ayaz Memon, "Bombay pull off a remarkable win", Sportsweek, April 17–23, 1985
• {{note|ODW}} Sunil Gavaskar, One day wonders
• {{note|Sw2}} David McMahon, Interview with Shastri, Sportsworld 24–30 April, 1985
• {{note|HB}} Harsha Bhogle, The Joy of a Lifetime : India's tour of England 1990
• {{note|Wisden92}} Wisden 1992 (accessed June 25, 2005)
• {{note|CIAus91}} Cricinfo match reports of India in Australia 1991/2 (accessed June 25, 2005)
• {{note|IC94}} Indian Cricket 1994. According to IC94, 1993–4 was the first time that a team won all its matches in the West Zone league.
• {{note|IC02}} Raju Bharatan, "Ravi Shastri : Always 'on the ball'", Special Portrait, Indian Cricket 2002.
• {{note|MM}} Mohandas Menon, Facts and Figures (Ravi Shastri – Special Portrait), Indian Cricket 2002.
• {{note|ACSSI}} ACSSI Cricket Yearbook, 1990–91
• {{note|midday}} Report of Sanket Chavan improving Shastri's Giles shield record
• {{note|Wisden82}} Wisden review of India in New Zealand 1980–81
• {{note|car}} An article about the car that Shastri won as the Champion of Champions
• {{note|CIinterview}} Interview with Cricinfo in 1994
• {{note|cnext}} Cricketnext article which refers to Shastri's debut as a commentator