Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ravi Shastri

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri born on 27 May 1962 in Bombay. He is a former Indian cricketer.His international career started when he was just 18 years old.

He was elected the Champion of Champions in the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985. In the same season, he equalled West Indian Garry Sobers's record of hitting six sixes in an over in first class cricket.

In domestic cricket, he played for Bombay and led them to the Ranji Trophy title in his final year of playing.

Within 18 months of his Test debut, he had moved up from 10th position in the batting order to being an opening batsman.

In 1990, Ravi Shastri married Ritu Singh. He made his debut as a TV commentator with the World Masters Tournament in Mumbai in March 1995.

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