Quotes from Ravi Shastri

MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to the game.

One-day cricket and T20s have vastly different identities and one cannot look at it through the mere lens of 'white-ball cricket.'

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

Responsibility and accountability has to be taken by the top order.

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

In Australia nothing comes easy. It's one of the hardest places to play.

A coach's role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players.

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

We live life in the present.

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

I've always maintained that winning and losing will be part of the sport.