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Ravi Shastri: Defeat to South Africa might just be the shake-up India needed | Cricket News

Ravi Shastri: Defeat to South Africa might just be the shake-up India needed | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 25, 2026 12:54 PM IST India’s Super-8 defeat to South Africa at the T20 World Cup was termed as a “just the shakeup India needed” by former head coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri addressed India’s first defeat of the campaign. South Africa’s win tightened the Super-8 standings and halted the Men in Blue’s momentum at a crucial stage. “You win 12 matches on the trot, there’s bound to be an off day. And I’m glad it has come early. It might just be the shakeup India needed,” Shastri said while speaking on The ICC Review with Ricky Ponting and host Sanjana Ganesan. India entered the contest without a loss, but South Africa’s discipline with the ball and control across crucial phases limited the Indian team’s scoring options. The defeat has increased the stakes in the remaining Super-8 fixtures, where qualification margins are tight and net run rate could become decisive. Shastri indicated that the setback could lead to a reassessment of tactical calls and team balance ahead of the next matches. “It might …

Ravi Shastri: Defeat to South Africa might just be the shake-up India needed | Cricket News

Ravi Shastri: Defeat to South Africa might just be the shake-up India needed | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 25, 2026 12:54 PM IST India’s Super-8 defeat to South Africa at the T20 World Cup was termed as a “just the shakeup India needed” by former head coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri addressed India’s first defeat of the campaign. South Africa’s win tightened the Super-8 standings and halted the Men in Blue’s momentum at a crucial stage. “You win 12 matches on the trot, there’s bound to be an off day. And I’m glad it has come early. It might just be the shakeup India needed,” Shastri said while speaking on The ICC Review with Ricky Ponting and host Sanjana Ganesan. India entered the contest without a loss, but South Africa’s discipline with the ball and control across crucial phases limited the Indian team’s scoring options. The defeat has increased the stakes in the remaining Super-8 fixtures, where qualification margins are tight and net run rate could become decisive. Shastri indicated that the setback could lead to a reassessment of tactical calls and team balance ahead of the next matches. “It might …

‘There’s baggage’: Ravi Shastri says Babar Azam has ‘weight of expectation’ on him | Cricket News

‘There’s baggage’: Ravi Shastri says Babar Azam has ‘weight of expectation’ on him | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 9, 2026 12:47 PM IST There has been plenty of talk about Pakistan cricket talisman Babar Azam’s spot in the team after he could only manage a sedate 18-ball 15-run innings in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands where Pakistan won with three balls to spare and with just three wickets in hand. Former India cricketer and national team coach Ravi Shastri says that Babar is fighting the weight of expectations that come along with being at the “stage of his career” that Babar is in. “When you are at that stage of your career, there’s baggage,” said Shastri in a conversation with Ricky Ponting and Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review. “There’s a weight of expectation. People expect you to go out there and deliver. Get out there (and) in your first five balls, I don’t care if you get out, but I want you to make an effort to hit a couple of boundaries. Choose your spot, get into good positions, anticipate what the …

‘Babar Azam’s lost his power’: Ricky Ponting explains why Pakistan must consider bringing star batter up at No 3 position rather than No 4 | Cricket News

‘Babar Azam’s lost his power’: Ricky Ponting explains why Pakistan must consider bringing star batter up at No 3 position rather than No 4 | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 9, 2026 12:15 PM IST Has Pakistan cricket team talisman Babar Azam lost a bit of his power? Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting certainly thinks so! Babar Azam’s form, his position in the batting order and even his spot in the XI is under scrutiny after his 18-ball 15-run innings in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands where Pakistan won with three balls to spare and with just three wickets in hand. “It just to me looks like he’s lost a bit of his power, his ball striking ability, like taking on that spinner on the way he did and not being able to even go close to clearing it,” Ponting said in a conversation with Ravi Shastri and Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review. “If you’re 15 off 18 balls, you’re not just putting pressure on yourself, you’re putting pressure on the guy at the other end,” Ponting continued. “The guy at the other end knows that he’s got to be the one to take …

You have to take criticism in your stride: Shastri

You have to take criticism in your stride: Shastri

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MUMBAI: In cricket, being the India team coach is the hardest job. You are always under the firing line with regards to team selection and results. Ask Gautam Gambhir! Gautam Gambhir. (ANI) After recent defeats in the Test matches and One-dayers, the current India coach has been under fire from the critics. Ravi Shastri knows the challenges of being an India coach, having held the job for a long time from 2017 to 2021 before Rahul Dravid took over. At an ICC event held in Mumbai on Thursday, Shastri said criticism comes with the high profile job and one has to learn to take it in stride. “In my tenure, there were good moments and there were rough moments. You just have to take it in your stride because you know there is another game coming up,” said Shastri at an event to mark the launch of partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and the ICC. “One day you are in a pole position. The next day you are in a troll position. That can happen. But …

Ravi Shastri should replace Brendon McCullum as England head coach: Monty Panesar

Ravi Shastri should replace Brendon McCullum as England head coach: Monty Panesar

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Following England’s humiliating Ashes series loss to Australia in just 11 days, former England cricketer Monty Panesar has called for a change in leadership, suggesting former Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri as a potential replacement for current head coach Brendon McCullum. McCullum’s credibility as a capable head coach and strong leader has somewhat faded amid a string of poor results, both at home and away. The 3–0 scoreline in the ongoing Ashes series Down Under has raised further questions about the New Zealander’s leadership and his much-talked-about “Bazball” approach. In response, former England spinner Panesar believes former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri would be an ideal fit to lead England. Speaking to journalist Ravi Bisht, Panesar said, “You have to think: who exactly knows how to beat Australia? How do you take advantage of Australia’s weaknesses, mentally, physically, and tactically? I think Ravi Shastri should become England’s next head coach.” Since the start of 2024, England have lost more Tests (13) than they have won (12) under McCullum. Under Shastri, India had beaten Australia in Australia …

‘Main pehla responsibility leta’: Ravi Shastri slams Gautam Gambhir, India batters for Test collapses in South Africa series | Cricket News

‘Main pehla responsibility leta’: Ravi Shastri slams Gautam Gambhir, India batters for Test collapses in South Africa series | Cricket News

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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri minced no words in his assessment of the country’s falling standards in Test cricket under head coach Gautam Gambhir, following their latest 0-2 series defeat to South Africa Since taking over as head coach last year, Gautam Gambhir has overseen five Test series, while winning only one home bilateral contest against West Indies in October. India’s abject surrender to the Proteas in the second Test in Guwahati drew intense scrutiny, with Gambhir coming under fire from fans and experts alike. Shastri said the Indian batters needed to take more responsibility for India’s dismal first-innings collapse, where they folded for 201 in response to South Africa’s massive 489-run total. “You tell me. What happened in Guwahati – from 100/1, you skip to 130/7 – this team is not that bad either. The team is not that bad; they have enough talent. Therefore, this is where the responsibility must also be taken by the players. You have played spin since childhood,” Shastri said in a teaser podcast released by Prabhat Khabar. When …

Ravi Shastri slams India batsmen: ’Very ordinary batting. Not a pitch to be 142 for 7, India won’t be happy’ | Cricket News

Ravi Shastri slams India batsmen: ’Very ordinary batting. Not a pitch to be 142 for 7, India won’t be happy’ | Cricket News

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“This is still a good surface. This not a pitch to be 142 for 7. Ordinary batting. India won’t be one bit happy. You have to put your hands up and say that’s very ordinary batting,” Ravi Shastri, former India coach, summarised India’s batting on day 3. His comments came on the back of Shaun Pollock’s comments that some of the batting has been “soft” and it would have been understandable if the wickets had come “off some brilliant deliveries” and the former South African pacer ran through some of the wickets. KL Rahul lunged at a Keshav Maharaj delivery, getting his hands rather low, and the ball popped up off the splice for a simple catch at slips. His opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal had a ball that stopped on him perhaps, and he just check-punched it off the edge to short third man. Sai Sudharsan, back in the playing XI, wasted a decent start, pulling a harmless delivery from the offspinner Simon Harmer to midwicket. Dhruv Jurel, who had pulled Harmer to deep midwicket …

Ravi Shastri opens up about her relationship with Amrita Singh, video goes viral

Ravi Shastri opens up about her relationship with Amrita Singh, video goes viral

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Ravi Shastri opens up about her relationship with Amrita Singh, video goes viral As Ravi Shastri celebrates his 63rd birthday on Tuesday, a video from his old interview has been going viral on the internet. Read on to know more. As former Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri celebrates his 63rd birthday on Tuesday, an old video of him discussing his private life has gone viral on the internet. Veteran Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri has always been known for his colorful love life before he was married to Ritu Singh in the year 1990; some sources even say that he once flew to meet Argentinian tennis legend Gabriella Sabatini. An old video on Tuesday went viral in which Ravi Shastri is heard speaking about his ‘girlfriend’ Amrita Singh. In the video, the veteran cricketer can be heard saying, “When I met my girlfriend for the first time, Amrita Singh. You must have seen her in films. I met her for the first time in a restaurant in Mumbai. I did not …

Ravi Shastri Explains Virat Kohli’s Test Retirement: “Would’ve Been Good To Hand Him Captaincy”

Ravi Shastri Explains Virat Kohli’s Test Retirement: “Would’ve Been Good To Hand Him Captaincy”

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One of the finest servants of Indian cricket, Virat Kohli, stepped away from Tests ahead of the tour of England, leaving the sporting world in shock. Seeing the man who got fans into the stadium, lifted the spirits of a dying format, questions were raised across the cricketing spectrum, with fans and pundits wondering asking why he had to take such a step. Former India coach Ravi Shastri, who worked with Virat from closed quarters and developed a bond that hardly any captain-coach did in Indian cricket history, shared insights into the batter’s mindset that probably led to the big call. In is column for Sportstar, Shastri wrote that Virat had two years of Test cricket left in him and should’ve ideally been given the team’s captaincy for the England tour. The former India coach also listed potential factors that ‘drove Virat away’ from Test cricket. “I am sure Virat still had two years of Test cricket left in him. I would have loved to see him in England this summer. It would …