Ravi Shastri had said something years ago, which is still visible in the form of a meme on social media. To boost the morale of Parthiv Patel during the 2018 South African tour, he had asked him to ‘discard Rabada’. During a show broadcast on Doordarshan, Parthiv Patel has narrated the entire story of that incident. That match played in Johannesburg was the last match of Parthiv Patel’s international career. Patel has retired from the game of cricket in 2020.

Discard Rabada…

In those days, Ravi Shastri used to be the coach of Team India. South Africa had won both the first test matches of the series. The third match was played in Johannesburg. Parthiv Patel told that coach Ravi Shastri had sent him to open in the second innings.

Parthiv Patel told, “Ravi Shastri sent me to open the second innings of the Johannesburg Test. Usually coaches give advice about the pitch or the playing conditions. But Ravi Shastri told me, ‘Discard Rabada.’ They think like this. Just imagine how much enthusiasm he would have instilled in the rest of the team and encouraged them.”

In the first innings of that match, Parthiv Patel was out after scoring only 2 runs while batting at number-6. In the second innings, Patel came to open with Murali Vijay. This time he was able to score 16 runs in 15 balls. The Indian team scored 247 runs in the second innings and due to lagging in the first innings, it gave a target of 241 runs to South Africa. In response, South African team’s second innings was reduced to only 177 runs and India won the match by 63 runs.

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Indian cricket team is going to get a new chief selector, very soon Ravi Shastri can be appointed as the new chief selector. We are not saying this, but social media is full of such claims. It is being said that very soon Ravi Shastri can replace Ajit Agarkar. Agarkar has been the chief selector of the Indian team since July 2023. But is Ravi Shastri really going to return to Team India after 4 years? Know here what is the truth of this viral claim.

Will Team India get a new chief selector?

It is being claimed on social media that Ravi Shastri is going to become the new Chief Selector of Team India in place of Ajit Agarkar. ABP Live investigated this viral post and found that this news is completely fake. Usually, BCCI issues a statement for appointment to such a vacant post, but no statement has been issued yet regarding the appointment to the post of Chief Selector.

Ravi Shastri himself has not given any statement in this regard nor has any statement from Ajit Agarkar come out on this. Ravi Shastri has been the head coach of Team India and stepped down from the post of coach after the 2021 T20 World Cup. But now the rumors of his returning to the post of Chief Selector in Team India after 4 years are completely false.

When will Ajit Agarkar’s tenure end?

Ajit Agarkar was made the chief selector of Team India in July, just a few months before the 2023 ODI World Cup. He recently told that being the Chief Selector is the most difficult job. Agarkar had said that India is filled with so much talent, it is very difficult to choose among them. His tenure has been extended till June 2026.

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Ravi Shastri, former Indian cricketer and former head coach of Team India, selected the top 5 great cricketers in India. He also praised Jaspreet Bumrah but could not include him in the top 5. Keeping Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar in the top 5, Shastri also chose the number 1 player.

Ravi Shastri attended a conversation with former England cricketers on a YouTube channel named ‘The Overlap Cricket’. Here he was talking on the India vs England Test series. In this conversation, Michael Vaughan said that he feels that the craze of cricket in India is 10 times more than the craze of football in England.

India’s top 5 great cricketers selected by Ravi Shastri

At the end of the show, Vauan asked Ravi Shastri which players would you choose in India’s top 5 great cricketers? Ravi Shastri took the names of the players on this. He thought a little on the number five players and then took MS Dhoni’s name. Shastri said that he is choosing the best player every decade.

He chose Sunil Gavaskar since the 70s, Kapil Dev since the 80s, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni and then Virat Kohli for the 90s.

After this, former England captain Alastair Cook, who was present in the conversation, asked, “Who will be the number 1, Gavaskar?” On this, Shastri said, “I will take the name of Kapil Dev, he was fantastic. And if I talk about the entire package, Sachin Tendulkar.”

Praising Sachin Tendulkar, he said that he played cricket for 24 years, scoring 100 international centuries. Every veteran sitting there praised Sachin.

Popularity of India vs Australia series increased in the last 10 years

Ravi Shastri was asked in this conversation, who do you consider India vs Pakistan and Australia vs England to be a big rivalry? On this, Shastri said that, “I will take the name of India vs Pakistan based on the years I played.” However, he said that the popularity of the series between India and Australia has increased in the last 10 years.

The Wimbledon 2025 has ended, on Sunday, Yanik Cinner won the title by defeating Carlos Alkaraj in the final match of the men’s single. Famous stars from all over the world came to see this grand slam. From Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, his daughter Sara Tendulkar to Priyanka Chopra Wimbledon came to see. Ravi Shastri also went to see Wimbledon this time like every year, during this time a mystery girl was seen with her. She is named Lady Isabella Harve.

Isabella’s photo with Ravi Shastri in Wimbledon

A photo of a foreign woman came out with Ravi Shastri in Wimbledon, this photo was shared by the woman on her Instagram account. According to the report of News18, Ravi Shastri also recited the same photo on his Instagram, after which people started to know who are the last women?

Isabel Harve belongs to the royal family

The woman’s name, seen in the photo with Ravi Shastri, is Isabella Harve, she belongs to the British Royal family, not an ordinary woman. She is the younger daughter of the sixth mark of Harve Bristol. Her sister Lady Victoria Harve is also a famous model.

Lady Isabella Harve is 48 years old, she is still living a simple life in Portugal except luxury life. His sister Lady Victoria Harve was always in the headlines for her life, she was considered a party girl. He had many affairs, including footballer George Best’s son Kalam Best and F1 Racer David Kulthard.

Ravi Shastri is commenting in India vs England Test series

Ravi Shastri is currently in England, where a 5 -match Test series is being played between India and England. Former India cricketer Shastri is currently a commentator, he has also been the head coach of Team India. 63 -year -old Ravi Shastri has played 80 Tests and 150 ODIs for India, with 3830 and 3108 runs respectively. He has 151 wickets in Tests and 129 wickets in ODIs.

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Ravi Shastri on Ind vs Eng: The Indian team was leading in the Leeds Test, gave England a huge target of 371 runs. Despite this, Team India lost the first Test by 5 wickets. In view of many aspects like poor fielding, lower order batting flop, the Indian team management had made three major changes in the playing XI of the second Test match. Jaspreet Bumrah also had a name among the players who were out. On being out of Bumrah, India’s legendary player Ravi Shastri had a lot of lactate to the Indian team management.

Ravi Shastri fiercely criticized the decision of the entire team management including Shubman Gill and coach Gautam Gambhir. Shastri said that after the defeat in the first Test, Team India needed to do the counter attack and Bumrah was required to be in the playing XI for the counter attack. He further said that India wants to return to the series by winning the next match, but it has given rest to the best bowler in the world.

Ravi Shastri was unable to believe in the decision to relax Jaspreet Bumrah. He said that the Indian team had got a week’s rest, he was shocked that Bumrah was not kept in the playing XI.

Akashdeep got his place

Akashdeep was placed in the playing XI in place of Jaspreet Bumrah. In fact, Akashdeep was India’s highest wicket bowler in the match. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings took a total of 10 wickets in the entire match. Akashdeep’s performance has made it clear to a great extent that the Indian team can win even without Bumrah. However, the Indian team has a mental edge with Jasprit Bumrah’s joining the playing XI only, because Bumrah does not wander from bowling with his accurate length and takes constant wickets.

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Ravi Shastri Got Angry on Gautam Gambhir: The second match of the five -match Test series between India and England is being played in Edgbaston from Wednesday. In this match, Team India has given rest to Jaspreet Bumrah. After which former Indian player Ravi Shastri, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill looked unhappy. Shastri expressed his displeasure and said that he is not convinced that Bumrah was not fed in the second Test.

To manage Bumrah’s workload, the Indian team has decided to let him rest in the second match. Gill told that the team management feels that Bumrah will be able to play in Lord’s. In the second Test, Team India has included Akash Deep in Playing-11 instead of Bumrah.

I am surprised that Bumrah is not playing this match- Shastri

Shastri was surprised by the Indian team’s decision not to feed Bumrah in the second Test. He said, “This is a very important match, he has got rest for a week. I am surprised that Bumrah is not playing this match. It should be removed from the player’s hand. The captain and the coaching staff should decide who should play in the playing 11. It is an important match from the perspective of the series, he should have played more than anything.”

Shastri further said, “Lords can come later. This is an important match, where you have to do almost direct counter-attack. Play it, make it 1-1 and then option it, you want to rest in Lord’s, rest in Lord’s.

Shastri said, “You have the best fast bowler in the world and you sit out after seven days rest, it is very difficult to trust it.”

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Ravi Shastri Reveles Key to Team India Bouncing Back in 2nd Test: The Indian team received a crushing defeat at the hands of England in the first Test. The Indian team was far ahead of England in the first four days in the first match. But on the fifth day, England won the match by achieving a target like a mountain of 371 runs. After this defeat, former coach of Team India Ravi Shastri has said that India will have to retaliate immediately to overcome such defeat.

Need a lot of passion to return to the series- Ravi Shastri

In the first match, India caught Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Yashaswi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant’s centuries and Jaspreet Bumrah in the first innings on five wickets on the match. But on the 5th day, the England batsmen did not allow the Indian bowlers to run and won the match and won the match by 5 wickets. After this, Shastri has said that the Indian team will now need a lot of passion to return to the series.

Shastri told the ICC Review, “The most important thing for India is that he will have to retaliate immediately. When you lose such a Test match, where you dominate most of the time and then lose the last day even after a big goal, a lot of spirit is needed to return to the series.”

The second Test is important, hopefully Bumrah will play- Shastri

Shastri said, “No one knows whether Bumrah will play now or not, but hopefully he will play because it is a very important Test match and everything is not over. Just you have to pay attention to one match at once. It is a five -match series and will try to return to India.”

Team India’s record is bad in Edgbaston

The second Test between India and England will be played from Wednesday. The match will be held at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Where the record of the Indian team is quite bad. Team India has not won any Test match here till date.

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Ravi Shastri on Shubman Gill Captaincy: Shubman Gill’s Test Captain Safar has started with a defeat. In the Leeds Tests, the Indian team was moving towards victory, but the main reason for the defeat of the team and not taking wickets continuously. Now the second Test is to be played in Birmingham from July 2. Meanwhile, former Indian team coach Ravi Shastri has placed a deadline in front of Shubman Gill how long he has to prove himself. Shastri said that Gill’s style of playing will make him a great player.

During the talks with Wisden, Ravi Shastri said, “If Gill is not able to go far ahead then I will be disappointed. When Gill filled with dull, lazy and glory, when batting, he sees his brilliant style. If he is able to learn from the experience and get molded in the situation, then I think he will go far ahead.”

Deadline for Shubman Gill

Ravi Shastri said that Shubman Gill should get three years to prove himself as a captain. What happens in the series should not change on that basis. Shastri believes that team management should give full support to Gill for 3 years and he feels that Gill will live up to everyone’s expectations.

The Indian team may have lost the first Test against England, but captain Gill has brought improvement in his personal performance. As a captain, he played a strong innings of 147 runs under pressure in his first Test innings. At the same time, KL Rahul was seen setting the fielding on the fifth day in the Leeds Test, which shows that Gill is learning a lot from the team’s senior players.

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