zen Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) There was a time when "Shastri Hai Hai" was heard at almost every stadium where India played. People were so used to it that I heard those chants even after he had retired (probably even when he started commenting) With Ind scheduled to embark on tough (not muskil as Kapil would describe) tours and the current questionable form, playing below expectations could generate a lot of anger (especially with strategic blunders on cards). Would the nightmare for Shastri return? Or have people forgotten those chants to be an issue? Anyways, if that happens, Shastri would be in an unique position as he would have been showered with those chants as a player, commentator (when people had formed the habit of shouting that at stadiums) and now as the coach? Edited January 17, 2018 by zen sandeep, CoverDrive, NameGoesHere and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
raki05 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Shastri to bewafa hai..... Link to comment
zen Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, raki05 said: Shastri to bewafa hai..... Was that some kind of a slogan too? Link to comment
raki05 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, zen said: Was that some kind of a slogan too? Its on similar note of dhinchak puja new creation " Afreen to bewafa hai". Link to comment
Khota Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Shastri hai hai Shastri hai hai. Agreed. Link to comment
zen Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Are clips available? Would be nice to refresh the memory Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 54 minutes ago, zen said: Are clips available? Would be nice to refresh the memory Look for some matches from 1992 Ind-Wi-Aus tri series....Srikkanth reaches his 50 less than run a ball and by those days standards a very exciting innings and Shastri was batting at 10 from some 60 balls. worst part was everyone wanted to see a on fire Srikkanth but Shastri would play out 5 balls and take a single on the last ball I remember some Indians watching in the crowd in Australia were also chanting Shastri hai hai. diehardpacer, sensible-indian, Gollum and 6 others 9 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, maniac said: Look for some matches from 1992 Ind-Wi-Aus tri series....Srikkanth reaches his 50 less than run a ball and by those days standards a very exciting innings and Shastri was batting at 10 from some 60 balls. worst part was everyone wanted to see a on fire Srikkanth but Shastri would play out 5 balls and take a single on the last ball I remember some Indians watching in the crowd in Australia were also chanting Shastri hai hai. It's like Ganguly and Sachin partnerships lol sensible-indian and diehardpacer 2 Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, maniac said: Look for some matches from 1992 Ind-Wi-Aus tri series....Srikkanth reaches his 50 less than run a ball and by those days standards a very exciting innings and Shastri was batting at 10 from some 60 balls. worst part was everyone wanted to see a on fire Srikkanth but Shastri would play out 5 balls and take a single on the last ball I remember some Indians watching in the crowd in Australia were also chanting Shastri hai hai. And this joker talks about intent! Edited January 17, 2018 by sensible-indian Link to comment
zen Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 I remember those days when Shastri used to charge down to spinners only to block the ball and run back to the crease Nonbeliever, diehardpacer, saik and 3 others 6 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Laaloo said: It's like Ganguly and Sachin partnerships lol Only in terms of crowd wanting to watch one guy bat over the other lol but Ganguly would be in the zone once in a while where he would match Sachin shot for shot. .In the South African tour that followed In 1992-1993 something triggered in him...he would bat at 6 and try to charge Donald and co without much effect,almost like how Ashwin tries these ABDV type shots in LOIs and ends up looking like an idiot. That was the last of him and then he suddenly appeared on our TVs as a commentator And now to screw us further as the coach Shastri has been the cricketing villain for most people of my generation of cricket lovers. Even though the fact that he commentated on some of Indian cricket’s best moments might endear him to some who are probably from the immediate next gen of cricket lovers , I never liked Shastri and that is where so much bias comes from as you can see on the forum. Similarly people a gen right above me might think of him as a cult hero for his 6 6s in domestics or winning Audi in the World Series tournament or dating Sabatini and Amrita Singh. The biggest positive he did as a cricketer when I stared watching cricket was the 200 in Sydney where he took apart Warne...however I was in school and obviously not allowed to watch cricket at 3 or 4 am in the morning and that too on Door Darshan so no redemption for Shastri. Edited January 17, 2018 by maniac diga, Gollum, philcric and 2 others 5 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 My dad keeps telling me every other day that Shastri has batted at every position from 10 to 1. speedheat, diehardpacer and maniac 3 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just now, Laaloo said: My dad keeps telling me every other day that Shastri has batted at every position from 10 to 1. I think he started as a pure bowler Link to comment
zen Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 I used to like Srikant. He had some unique mannerism as well where he would do something with his nose (rub nose with his sleeves or something) Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 You mean like this... 48/1 after 16 overs. Srikkanth has a run-a-ball 30. Forever Indian, express bowling, rahulrulezz and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, coffee_rules said: You mean like this... 48/1 after 16 overs. Srikkanth has a run-a-ball 30. Seems like Manjrekar was promoted up the order kind of like how we promote our worst t20 player up the order these days to get quick runs. speedheat, adi B, raki05 and 2 others 5 Link to comment
kosingh Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 any stories of Shastri blocking away for hours to save a test match? Or did he block away for hours in ODIs only? Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I think this was the match http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8531/scorecard/65480/australia-vs-india-2nd-match/ Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/65119/england-vs-india-2nd-match-world-cup-1991-92/ Chasing 236, India lose by 9 runs. Shastri scores a 57 (112) that's like batting 10 overs of dotballs! They are called dotovers in Shastri;s time! http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/65129/australia-vs-india-12th-match-world-cup-1991-92/ Chasing 237, India lose by 1 run. Shastri 25(75) ...lots of dotovers. express bowling, adi B, Laaloo and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/65119/england-vs-india-2nd-match-world-cup-1991-92/ Chasing 236, India lose by 9 runs. Shastri scores a 57 (112) that's like batting 10 overs of dotballs! They are called dotovers in Shastri;s time! http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/65129/australia-vs-india-12th-match-world-cup-1991-92/ Chasing 237, India lose by 1 run. Shastri 25(75) ...lots of dotovers. Yeah remember that England game too...I remember Banerjee looked like he will take us through before Javgal Srinath ran like a headless chicken like he usually did while batting Anyway we see those kind of innings these days from Dhoni and I believe the politcally correct word for that is consolidation Gollum, Laaloo, adi B and 1 other 4 Link to comment
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