Former India captain and ex-head coach Ravi Shastri despatched out a humorous warning to England whereas reacting to Ravichandran Ashwin’s new coiffure throughout the BCCI Awards ceremony in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The cricketer-turned-commentator was honoured with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award on the occasion. Whereas utilizing phrases from Ashwin’s speech that the participant gave throughout the ceremony, Shastri identified on the spinner’s new coiffure. He funnily warned England in regards to the menace that Ashwin may pose for them throughout his bowling.

“Ashwin simply talked about, ‘I’m going to rise up do higher’. Now that he has had this haircut and his brains are free, with the air going by means of, are you able to think about what all he’s considering? There could possibly be a ‘Teesra’, there could possibly be a ‘choutha’. England will discover out very quickly within the subsequent couple of months,” stated Shastri.

In a glittering ceremony, the BCCI awarded a number of prime males’s and girls’s performers from the 2019-20 season. Alongside Shastri, former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer too was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Shastri was a part of India’s World Cup profitable squad in 1983 and was the Participant of the Sequence after they bagged the World Sequence in 1985.

Later as a coach, Shastri masterminded India’s back-to-back Check sequence wins in Australia, the primary Asian facet to realize the feat.

The 61-year-old additionally lauded the BCCI for taking care of him by means of his profession.

“I thank the BCCI for bestowing this honour on me. It is 4 a long time within the sport, you haven’t missed a beat and you’ve got been concerned with Indian cricket proper by means of,” stated Shastri.

“It’s a very touching second for me as a result of after I began my cricket on the age of 17 and I completed at 31 as a participant, 30 the truth is, BCCI was my guardian proper by means of. They confirmed me the trail to play the game.”

(With PTI Inputs)