Biography of Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri
Nick Name | ravi |
Real Name | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri |
Famous as | cricketer and coach |
Profession | Ravi Shastri retired as the head coach of the Indian National Cricket Team in November 2021 and joined Legends League Cricket as the league’s commissioner. He is in charge of the League’s cricketing components in this capacity. Vivek Khushalani and Raman Raheja came up with the idea for The League. T20 cricket players who have lately retired have played there. |
Personal Life | |
Height | in centimeters- 191 cm in meters- 1.91 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 3” |
Weight | in Kilograms- 92 kg in Pounds- 203 lbs |
Body Measurement | Chest: 44 Inches - Waist: 36 Inches - Biceps: 16 Inches |
Eye color | black |
Hair color | black |
Birthplace | bombay |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
School | Don Bosco High School. |
Family | Father- M. Jayadratha Shastri Mother- Lakshmi Shastri Brother- N/A Sister- N/A |
Religion | Hindu |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Girls, Affairs and more | |
Wife/Husband: | wife:-Ritu singh (divorced in 2012) |
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is the former head coach of the India national cricket team, a cricket commentator and former captain of Indian Cricket Team.
Ravi shastri records:-
• When he was selected to play Ranji Trophy for Bombay, he was then the youngest cricketer to play for Bombay.
• His first over was a maiden in Test Cricket and that too to the New Zealand captain Geoff Howarth.
• In 1981 Irani Trophy, he took 9 wickets for 101 runs, which had been a tournament record for nearly twenty years.
• In a West Zone Ranji Match against Baroda, he scored the fastest double hundred (in 123 balls) in first class history.
• He scored six sixes in a single over of the left arm spinner Tilak Raj in a West Zone Ranji match against Baroda.
• He took 5 wickets for 15 runs against Australia in a match of World Series Cup which was then the best bowling record by an Indian.