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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.