Mumbai: The many awaited comeback does not happen as the name Ravi Shastri is not a character in the commentator list for the white ball series next month against West Indies.
Former Indian captain and coach are not part of the seven selected experts by the control board for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the six-match series that began at Ahmedabad February 6.
Sunil Gavaskar, L Sivaramakrishnan, Harsha Bhogle, Murali Kartik, Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar Six Indians on the list for three ODIS with Ian Bishop, West India, joined them in the Ahmedabad game.
The list will be one that is lacking (Sivaramakrishnan) for three international twenty20 in Kolkata.
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Kohli has resigned as captain’s test after India suffered a loss of test series against South Africa.Shastri, currently in Oman as the Commissioner of Legends Cricket League in Muscat, could not be contacted for comments, but a source close to him had revealed that he could take a break .
He also won’t comment on the next home series, against Sri Lanka in February-March.
“He has made a conscious decision not to take comments immediately, at least until IPL.
He has a lot on the table and for more than two months he will remain busy.
He would think more after that, “said a source close to him.
Shastri, who trained India for seven years in two carrying out tasks, was one of the biggest names when it comes to comments.
He was expected to take a television mic as soon as he ended India’s duty after the Twenty20 World Cup in 2021 November.
The task of comments is always controversial with BCCI officials using personal discretions in making posts.
Prominent in this case is Sanjay Manjrekar who has been consistently abandoned from the BCCI panel of world feed commentators allegedly because the Sourav Ganguly Board president has a history of the past with him.
Shastri is not among the Windows series commentator
