Ravi Shastri reveals enforcing 'proud' habit in Virat Kohli's current Indian team

Former Indian cricket captain Ravi Shastri has been head coach of Indian cricket team since July 2017. Indian team has performed reasonably well in his tenure except for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 debacle. Ravi Shastri can be considered as a vital cog in India's improved performances overseas.

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former India all-rounder was brought on board after India's loss to Pakistan in final of 2017 Champions Trophy. Since n, he has made a lot of changes in way Indian team functions which have, in turn, resulted in improved performances. However, re's one habit he has inculcated into Indian team which he takes a lot of pride in.

Ravi Shastri speaks on how he instilled punctuality in Indian team

While speaking on a talk show Breakfast with Champions, Ravi Shastri revealed that he is always punctual and taking 'pride' in having such a quality in him. Ravi Shastri added that he never likes giving excuses and added that if anyone is called somewhere, decency demands m to be punctual.

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Ravi Shastri furr said that it was a great quality in a human being and especially when y are in a team. Ravi Shastri also said how he had instilled same habit in Indian team as well. He added that punctuality is paramount in current Indian team, led by Virat Kohli.

Ravi Shastri furr said that if bus team is set to leave at 9:00 AM for example, it will leave exactly at same time. With Virat Kohli also being amongst those cricketers very particular on discipline in performance, it seems that se factors bring coach and captain on same p.

Ravi Shastri also narrated an incident from 2007 when current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly was late for a practice session in Chittagong and was left behind as a result. After that incident, Shastri claimed that Ganguly used to reach bus 10 minutes before it left everytime.

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Although in past, Sourav Ganguly's punctuality was questioned by many opposition players as well such as former Australia captain Steve Waugh, BCCI President himself refuted Shastri's claim on same talk show, at a time when re was a public fallout between m. However, in recent times, it seems that duo have patched up as Shastri was full of praise for Ganguly's appointment for Indian cricket's top job in October 2019, calling him a 'natural leader' as per multiple media reports back n.

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