Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri is currently in the UK to provide commentary for Sky Sports for the ongoing second edition of the Hundred competition. Shastri was recently at the game played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground along with Mukesh Ambani and Sundar Pichai. On Tuesday, the former head coach shared a photo with Ambani and Pichai. On Twitter, Shastri posted as: “In August joined by two people who love their cricket @HomeOfCricket- Mr Mukesh Ambani and Mr @sundarpichai at @thehundred @SkyCricket.”
In August company of two people who love their cricket @HomeOfCricket – Mr Mukesh Ambani and Mr @sundarpichai Bee @thehundred @SkyCricket pic.twitter.com/JYnkGlMd8W
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) August 9, 2022
Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited, while Pichai is the CEO of Google.
Previously, Shastri had supported the call to reduce the number of overs in ODIs, saying that ODIs have been played before 50 overs for far too long.
During the commentary stint on FanCode for the second ODI between India and the West Indies, Shastri said: “It can’t hurt to shorten the game time. When ODIs started, it was 60 overs. When we won the World Cup in 1983, it was 60 overs, then people thought 60 overs was a bit too long, people found those overs between 20 and 40 hard to digest, so they reduced it from 60 to 50.
“So years have passed since that decision, so why not lower it from 50 to 40 now. Because you have to think ahead and evolve. It stayed at 50 for too long,” he added.
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Earlier, Shastri had said that only the best six teams are allowed to play Test cricket and that the sport can be spread to different countries via white ball cricket.
“If you want to survive Test cricket you can’t have 10, 12 teams. Keep the top six, keep the quality of cricket and respect quality over quantity. That’s the only way you open a window to other cricket to play Expand teams in T20 or one day cricket if you want to spread the game but in Test cricket you have to shrink the teams then it doesn’t matter if England don’t go to West Indies or West Indies don’t come to England,” Shastri had told Sky Sports.
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