Quotes by Ravi Shastri

In a side when you have 15 players there will always be times when there will be opinions that will be different. That is what is needed.

In my days, I played under several captains, none of whom were alike.

Captains have their own personalities and the best ones make players adapt to their thinking and methods.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the undisputed leader of the Indian cricket team.

As far as I am concerned, I have never seen any Indian batsman perform better than Virat on Australian soil keeping Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman in mind as they have done exceptionally well.

When you have seven to eight players performing game after game, you are on an absolute roll.

We play every game to win and take the game forward. And if in trying to win we lose a game, tough luck.

I have been manager, director, now I am head coach, and it's the same role. Absolutely the same role.

India has given too much emphasis on players' records than on the actual performance of the team.

We are a country obsessed by records. For us, hundreds, ten thousand runs, and large haul of wickets are more important than the performance of the Indian team.