New Delhi: Ravi Shastri stepped down as the head coach of the Indian cricket team last month. Shastri’s landing was a resounding success in many series. The Ravi Shastri-Koli duo led the Indian team to a number of heroic victories with a history of rapid surrender on foreign soil. However, the shortcoming of the Shastri era was that they could not win an ICC title as a reward for their achievements.
India have played three ICC tournaments under Ravi Shastri. 2019 ODI World Cup, 2019–21 World Test Championship, 2021 Twenty20 World Cup. He reached the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup and the final of the Test Championship but failed to win the title. Ravi Shastri has resigned from the post of coach following the embarrassment of being knocked out in the first round of the Twenty20 World Cup.
There has been a lot of controversy since the announcement of the 2019 World Cup squad. The inclusion of Vijay Shankar in place of Ambati Rayudu has drawn criticism. Now, with a statement made by Ravi Shastri regarding the World Cup team selection, these issues are being discussed again in the cricket world. Ravi Shastri made the revelation in an interview with an English daily.
Ravi Shastri said that he did not play a big role in the team selection. But there was opposition to including three wicket-keepers in the World Cup squad. What is the rationale behind the inclusion of MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik together? Ravi Shastri said there was nothing wrong with giving Ambati Rayudu or Shreyas Iyer a place in the team.
But Shastri made it clear that he was not involved in the work of the selectors, except when asked to comment or as part of a general discussion.
India lost to New Zealand in the semi – finals of the 2019 World Cup. India ended the innings at 221, trailing New Zealand by 239 runs in Manchester.
English Summary: I wasn’t okay with Dhoni, Pant and Karthik being picked for 2019 WC all together: Shastri
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