Ranking top 10 selfish knocks in cricket history

4) Ravi Shastri, 25 off 67 balls

Who would have imagined that a player who has hit six sixes in an over would feature in a list like this? The current coach of the Indian team played a knock so slow that his team couldn’t even make up for the balls which he ate. The astonishing fact is that this wasn’t his first selfish knock as Shastri scored a slow and selfish knock earlier in the same tournament.

The former Indian opener was able to score only 25 runs off 67 deliveries while chasing a modest total against Australia. This was one of the most debated innings ever played by an Indian in a WC game. His scoring rate was just 37.31 and eventually cost India the match.

The team fell short of the target, which was reduced to 236 in 47 overs due to rain, and were denied a semi-final berth. The sad part about this knock was Shastri deciding not to accelerate even when his team was in dire need of it. Every Indian fan criticized Shastri for this knock.