With youth coming around, we can be sure of exciting times in the near future, says Ravi Shastri

The Three-member Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gayakwad, and Shantha Rangaswamy reappointed Shastri as the head coach after interviewing four candidates. The decision to select Shastri came out after a detailed explanation of his methodology and philosophy to go with his impressive record of winning 13 out of 21 Tests, 43 out of 60 ODIs and 25 out of 36 T20Is under his wings. Now, after reappointment, Shastri insisted that his endeavour would be to help the Men in Blue build a legacy which can be emulated by other teams in the time to come. 

India's loss in the 2019 World Cup semi-final to New Zealand brought a lot of problems wide open and Shastri was under-fire for that. Shastri remarked that he, along with the team, would be striving to improve on all fronts and make sure they learn from mistakes.

India recorded their first-ever Test series win in Australia in 2019 after having lost on tours to South Africa and England in 2018. But giving up after holding the game for long didn't help the cause as the team had to endure a lot of close defeats. Shastri stated that the team has set a "spectacular standard" for themselves and will up it in times to come.

"The team has been superbly consistent. If you look at the performances over the last two years, it's been simply outstanding. They have set the bar and it's now upto them to raise the bar. In the last four-five years, the biggest improvement has been in fielding. And the endeavour is to make this side the best fielding team in the world. It's a clear dictate to whosoever wants to play in this team to have spectacular standard of fielding, especially in white-ball cricket," he added.