Former India all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri remains one of the wittiest characters that the country has had. After ending his career as a cricketer, Shastri went into commentary and also had a successful stint as the head coach of the Indian national men’s cricket team. Shastri, who is working as a commentator and pundit in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, shared a witty post on social media on Wednesday that set the entire world of social media ablaze.
In his post, Shastri wrote: “I am hottie, I am naughty, I am sixtyyyy”. It isn’t yet known what the context of the post is. It could have something to do with an advertising campaign that Shastri has signed up for.
I am hottie, I am naughty, I am sixtyyyy pic.twitter.com/oHBQw3WoIf
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 10, 2024
While being a notorious character, Shastri has also been vocal about his opinions on the ongoing IPL 2024. Shasrti has openly spoken about the controversy surrounding Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya. Recently, the former India coach gave his words of wisdom to Hardik, suggesting him ways to battle with both personal form and captaincy pressure at the franchise.
“My thing to Hardik would be ‘calm, patient, ignore, and then just focus on your game’. You get a couple of performances going..they are a terrific side, and if they win 3-4 matches, everything will subside. You will, things will change,” he added.
On Rohit Sharma‘s sacking as MI skipper Shastri said that it’s all about what the franchise wants.
“See, at the end of the day, this is not an Indian cricket team that is playing. This is franchise cricket. They have paid top dollar, they are the bosses. It’s their entitlement as to who they want as captain,” Shastri said.
But, Shastri did admit that the matter could’ve been better handled by the management at Mumbai Indians.
“Where I think this could have been handled better is more clarity in communication. If you wanted as captain, say you’re looking at the future, looking to build, we are doing a fabulous job as everyone knows and we want him to help out Hardik in the next 3 years when the team is in progress. That communication should have come out a little more for all this to die down. It’s not a case of you saying ‘we don’t want Rohit Sharma’, or he was treated badly,” he added.
On hate comments targeting Hardik, Shastri said, “You know social media. All sorts of things will come out, there are a lot of bullcrap out there. Some of the stories out there are planted. It’s just planted on other people’s names. Ignorance is bliss.”
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