It’s time to move on for me, says Ravi Shastri

Former India team director Ravi Shastri on Tuesday made it clear that he is “done” with the team and it’s time to “move on”.

Shastri recently lost the race to be India’s new chief coach to former captain Anil Kumble.

“The chapter is over as far as I am concerned. I firmly believe that it is time to move on. I have nothing more to add or say in this regard,” Shastri said.

It has been reported that CAC member Sourav Ganguly was not present during Shastri’s interview with the panel, something that has not gone down well with 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup hero. Asked about Ganguly’s absence, Shastri was even more curt: “Nothing on Sourav. I have had enough of this. I don’t need to say anything. I was abroad and since I have comeback yesterday night, I have not had time to rest.” However, after speaking to senior BCCI officials, it becomes clear that these two former India captains share cold vibes with each other.

“Ganguly has always felt that Shastri as a renowned commentator has never really given him due credit for transforming the Indian team,” a BCCI source privy to developments said. “Similarly Shastri must have had a feeling that Ganguly, who harboured aspirations of being national coach, wanted to undermine his position. But to be fair, if Sourav saw Anil’s presentation, he should have been present during Ravi’s interview as well,” the source added. It was learnt that Shastri did not make any power point presentations but spoke about the achievements of winning limited overs series in England, T20 win in Oz, Test series win in Sri Lanka, World Cup semis in Australia.