Thirty Aprils ago, Shastri won over Azad
The year 1985 was a great one for Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri, who was named Champion of Champions for his all-round efforts in the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. After the triumph in Australia where India beat Pakistan in the final at Melbourne, India won the Rothmans Cup by beating Australia in a low-scoring final at Sharjah on March 29. There was yet another prickly opponent to tackle on Shastri’s return to India… old rivals Delhi in the April 1-6, 1985 Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede Stadium. It’s a game which is featured in ‘A Million Broken Windows’-the magic and mystique of Bombay cricket by cricket writer Makarand Waingankar (published by Harper Sport).

Ravi Shastri showed who’s the boss in the 1985 Ranji final