Former Indian team director Ravi Shastri expressed his disappointment after losing the high profile Indian head coach post to Anil Kumble. The former all-rounder had served team India as a director in the difficult times when India were losing all their matches to England in 2014. During his 2 years stint with the team as a director, India have had quite a lot of success at home and away in all the three formats.
Shastri took over after India‘s 1-3 humiliating Test series defeat against England in August 2014 and the team had a great run after that – winning the ODI series against England in England. India reached the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 without losing a match in the group stages, India became the first team to whitewash Australia in Australia in any format (3-0 in T20Is) ealier this year, won the Test series (2-1) against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka after 22 years, beating South Africa in a Test series (3-0) at home after a long time, winning the Asia Cup T20 and progressing to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2016.
“Yes I feel disappointed, for the work put in, and results produced in the last 18 months. But if it (tenure) was for only one year then, not really. It is time to move on and do what you do best. I must say I had the ultimate experience with a young and happening side,” Shastri shared his feelings, while speaking to mid-day.
Shastri also wished Anil Kumble and team India “all the luck” for their future endeavours.