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7. Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri has been one of India’s most valuable allrounders in one-day international cricket. The tall and lanky Shastri who was gifted with both bat and ball developed into a utility cricketer who lent balance and depth to the Indian side.

In the late 80s and early 90s, Shastri formed a handy opening pair with Kris Srikkanth, providing stability to the innings at the top. Given his defensive style of batting, Shastri played the perfect foil to more attacking partner Kris Srikkanth.

The tall and lanky tweaker was a very clever left-arm spinner who bowled with a lot of guile and craft. He wasn’t a big turner of the ball, but was very tidy with his line and length, choking the opposition for runs by bowling some really economical spells. It is notable that post the famous Indian spin quartet faded away, Ravi Shastri shared the spin duties with Maninder Singh, Dilip Doshi and L Sivaramakrishnan for the most part of the mid and late 80s.

Ravi Shastri batting record

Matches 150 Runs 3108 Avg 29.44 100s 4 50s 18

Ravi Shastri Bowling Record

Matches 150 Wickets 129 Avg 36.04 SR 5