NEW DELHI: As India head trainer Ravi Shastri sees his 59th birthday on Thursday, here is a glance at a few of their most defining moments of his global career. Even though Shastri scored 6,938 runs over the Tests and ODIs and scalped 280 wickets in his international career, his dream run came through the 1985 Benson and Hedges World Championship. From the whole championship, the all-rounder was able to dent 182 conducts and take eight wickets. His operation has been the directing force behind India’s winning streak at the championship and as a consequence of this functionality, the Indian group was also called as’Team of the Century’ from Wisden. At the forefront of their 1985 Benson and Hedges World Championship, India battled with Pakistan. The Javed Miandad-led Pakistan side won the toss and opted to bat, however, the negative was confined to only 176/9. Shastri scalped just one wicket as he ignored Tahir Naqqash. On the other hand, that the all-rounder was his finest when he came out to bat. The right-wing batsman played with a bang of 63 runs. He brought a feeling of calm into the Indian innings and remained unbeaten to direct the negative to a eight-wicket success in the finals. Shastri was also part of the 1983 World Cup-winning team. Shastri is now training the Indian mature men’s group and under his advice, India enrolled Test series wins in Australia about two distinct occasions. The Men in Blue managed to achieve the semi-finals of this 2019 World Cup along with the negative is now on peak of the ICC Test rankings. India will lock against New Zealand at the forefront of the World Test Championship (WTC) at Southampton, starting June 18.
Ravi Shastri turns 59Take a Peek at his Fantasy Series in 1985 World Championship
