Ravi Shastri is convinced that the class of India’s 1985 team, of which he was a vital cog, was such it could trouble even the current team led by Virat Kohli.
Shastri was the key man back in 1985 when the team under Sunil Gavaskar won the World Championship of Cricket. He was hero of India’s triumph in Australia and had won the famous Audi car for being ‘player of the tournament’.
He is still influential in India’s cricket set up, sitting in head coach chair, having played a significant role in team’s ascendancy in world cricket across formats.
“No question about that. They (team of 85) will give any team that India puts up in white ball cricket, a run for their money. That team of 85 will give this team a run for money,” Shastri said during ‘Sony Ten Pit Stop’ show on channel’s FB page.
Shastri also has a firm belief that the team of 1985 was qualitatively better than the side that won the 1983 World Cup because it was a perfect blend of youth and experience.
“I go one step ahead and say the team of 1985 was a stronger team compared to 1983.
