Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is a former Indian cricketer and former Director for the Indian cricket team. He represented the Indian national team in both Test and One-Day matches between 1981 and 1992. Although he started his career as a left arm spin bowler, he later transformed into a batting all-rounder. As a batsman, he was essentially defensive with his trademark “chapati shot” (a flick off the pads), but he could raise his strike rate when required. Due to his above-average height (he stood 6′ 3″ tall) and an upright stance, he had a limited number of shots against fast bowling, but was able to put the lofted shot to good use against spin bowling. Shastri played either as an opening batsman or in the middle order. The highlight of his career was when he was elected 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. He was regarded as a potential captain, but his image outside cricket, injuries and tendency to lose form at crucial times meant that he captained India in only one Test match. In domestic cricket, he played for Bombay and led them to the Ranji Trophy title in his final year of playing. He also played four seasons of county cricket for Glamorgan. He was forced to retire aged 31 due to a recurring knee injury. He now does commentary on behalf of BCCI in the matches that India plays. In 2014, he became the director of Indian Cricket team for a period of eight months from India’s tour of England till the World Cup 2016. In June 2016, Shastri has applied for the job of coach of the Indian cricket team.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who lifted Euro 2016 Championship title?
2. Who won inaugural tie of 1st Pink Ball Cricket Tourney for KPs?
3. Who has been elected to lead India Women’s hockey team to Rio Olympics?
4. Who clinched first position in under-16 (800 meters) during Jammu District Athletic Championship?
5. Name the footballer who died recently?
Answers of the last week: 1. White Knight Corps (B) 2. Aryan Mahajan 3. DN Pangotra 4. Jammu XI 5. Tanishta Club Jammu.
Best entry of this week: Krish Mahajan of Gandhi Nagar.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Rahil Sharma of Krishna Colony, Sunil Singh of Gandhi Nagar, Karan Sharma of Sarwal Colony, Shashi of Bishnah, Mohammad Inayat of Bhatindi, Surinder Thakur of Talab Tillo and Gurjeet Singh of Digiana.
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