Watching a cricket match on television becomes more exciting with Ravi Shastri in the commentary box. His unfiltered remarks and in-depth analysis could turn a dead rubber lively. The scenes were no different when he was calling the England vs Netherlands World Cup game with former English skipper Eoin Morgan on Wednesday in Pune.
England returned to winning ways with a 160-run victory against the Dutchmen, keeping themselves valid in the 2025 Champions Trophy qualification race. Ben Stokes’ gutsy 108 and fifties from Dawid Malan and Chris Woakes powered the Three Lions to a huge total of 339/9 in 50 overs. In reply, the Netherlands were bundled out for 179 in 37.2 overs with Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali sharing 6 wickets among each other.
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During Netherlands’ chase the broadcaster’s camera focused on a fan’s placard reading, “England Need Indian Coach.” Morgan, who was commentating at the moment, asked Shastri about his opinion on the same.
The former Indian head coach had a stunning reply, as he said, “Haa, humko bulao. Hum sabko Hindi Sikhayega (Most welcome. I’ll teach everyone Hindi), and some cricket as well.”
The clip was shared on the official Instagram handle of the ICC in which everyone present in the commentary box could be heard laughing out loud at Shastri’s comments.
“Ravi Shastri to coach England next? #CWC23,” the caption of the video read.
England’s poor show in World Cup 2023
A horrendous campaign in the ongoing World Cup 2023 has indicated wholesale changes in the English ODI set-up. After losing to New Zealand in the tournament opener, the defending champions did get a win against Bangladesh in Dharamsala but it has been a horrendous record since then. They suffered five losses on the trot until beating Netherlands on Wednesday in Pune.
Limited overs skipper Jos Buttler has expressed his desire to continue leading England in both the white-ball formats despite a dismal ODI World Cup campaign. They will eye a win over Pakistan in their final league game to seal a qualification spot for the Champions Trophy in 2025.
“Yeah, I’d like to (captain the side in the white-ball tour next month). I know Rob Key arrives in India today, I think. So, yeah, we can have some good conversations with him and the coach and everyone and make a plan for that tour,” Buttler said on Wednesday.
“You want to lead from the front and do that in your own performance. So, yeah, very frustrated, again, not to contribute, but I’ll stick to the stuff that’s served me well over a long period of time when I’ve had these little runs of form and, like I say, hopefully come out the other side of it very soon,” he added.
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