15 Quotes by the King of Kings of the Commentary Box, Ravi Shastri

15 Quotes By the King of Kings of the Commentary Box, Ravi Shastri: While an intense match is going on! Everyone’s edged onto their seats, biting the nails, anticipating a thriller. This has been a common situation for a lot of cricket fanatics throughout the years. Obviously, the team changes, the matches change, the venues also change but one thing has remained constant in such intense situations and that is none but Ravi Shastri’s commentary.

If cricket is a religion, then Ravi Shastri might surely be a folk singer of it! Undoubtedly, the former Indian allrounder has been the voice of cricket for over a decade now and it can be stated that he carried on things from where Richie Benaud, the phenomenal cricket commentator left.

To revive things up, here are the top 15 quotes by Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri.

1. When the match is poised well in balance and heading towards a thriller, this is how Shastri describes it.

2. An adverse situation, they’ve either lost wickets or conceded far too many runs in fewer overs and things look gloomy for the Men in Blue.

3. The ball is in the air and the fielder has placed himself in a position just perfect to get hold of the catch.

4. One of his most common lines, as the ball takes the edge of the bat and is caught.

5. When an opposition just outplays the other team and not just in one department.

6. One moment every Indian cricket fan will remember for the rest of their lives. As Sachin Tendulkar took a single at Gwalior to get to the first double century in ODIs, Ravi described him as the SuperMan.

7. This one still gives us goosebumps. Indian skipper MS Dhoni hit the most iconic shot in Indian cricket history to take his team over the line and with that, they lifted the World Cup 2011 trophy.

8. This has to be his most commonly used phrase and even others have started to borrow the lines now.

9. When the batter decides to hit the ball big.

10. For the bowlers who come in the middle part of the inning and strike.

11. The stumps go flying around and so does Ravi!

12. How can we forget this? It still rings in our ears. S Sreesanth who doesn’t occupy a significant place in the Indian cricket history but the one catch he held onto made him immortal part of the history.

13. When it’s not just a six but a humongous shot!

14. Shastri with his commentary made Yuvraj Singh’s six sixes even special.

15. As the team cruises to a win.