Ravi Shastri’s AUDI Stories – Ravi Shastri recalls the AUDI heroics after restoration – Cars, glamour and fashion have a special relation with former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who recently opened up on tales relating to his gold-coloured Audi. Shastri who won the AUDI, which was later regarded as the iconic car of Indian sports, had numerous tales to tell after restoring the prize asset while he spoke to The Indian Express. Follow All Sports LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
- Shastri was awarded the gold-coloured Audi after the Champion of Champions in the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
- Shastri was presented with the keys after the final by Ian Chappell
- The sublime car was brought to India on a ship with thousands of people in attendance
Ravi Shastri’s AUDI Stories: Former India coach Ravi Shastri gets his Champion of Champion AUDI Restored, narrates very interesting 3 stories
While the there are many tales associated with the car and the moments leading upto which includes Mohinder Amarnath on the bonnet, other players on the top and side of the car in winning celebration. Shastri spoke about the car and how it completed a full circle of events when his daughter actually experienced the ride. Here are three special tales on which Shastri opened up while he spoke to the Indian Express.
- When Javed said ‘Tu baar baar udhar kya deke raha hai?’ –
In a funny conversation with Javed Miandad during the final, the Pakistan legend took a dig at Ravi and claimed he won’t win the Audi.
Ravi with 15-20 runs needed for India to win opened up on the incident – “Tu baar baar udhar kya deke raha hai” (Why are you looking there repeatedly?) he said in his characteristic lisp. “Gaadi ko kyun dekh raha hai?!” (Why are you looking at the car). Voh nahi milne waali hai tere ko! (You are not going to get it!).”
“That’s when I had one proper look at it, and told him, “Javed, meri taraf hi aa Rahi hai! (It’s coming my way, only!)”.
And the rest is history as they say as Ravi had the keys in his hand in next few minutes.
2. 10000 people at the docking port-
While winning the AUDI was one thing, bringing it back was another thing. Thankfully for Ravi it was then Prime Minister of India who gave him the luxury to bring the car duty free through to India.
He added, “At the docks, there were 8,000-10,000 people to have a look at it as it came out from the container of the ship. I refused to drive the car as I was wary that I might bang into people as I still wasn’t fully hands-on with that Audi.
“I had someone from Audi, a proper driver, to get it home. All along the way, people were honking from bikes and it was quite a celebration and I still don’t know how it reached my home without a scratch.”
Nowadays incidents like these rarely happen, but still attracting a crowd of around 10000 for a glimpse of AUDI was a clear indicator on how Ravi Shastri roused to fame.
Ravi Shastri’s AUDI Stories: Former India coach Ravi Shastri gets his Champion of Champion AUDI Restored, narrates very interesting 3 stories
3. Completing a full circle of life with daughter Aleka-
While there are numerous tales associated with the car like Kapil Dev and his late father using the famous AUDI, according to Ravi it his daughter who makes the journey special.
Ravi added, “The best thing about this is that my daughter saw the car for the first time ever in her life. She sat in it for the first time. In the days to come, I shall take her for a spin in it. In some sense, the circle of life would be complete.”
Ravi’s daughter Aleka would have probably loved to be part fo the AUDI journey, but it her father’s achievement at the MCG in 1985 that truly reflects as one of the most iconic moments in Indian sports history.
And talking of the prize, the gold-coloured Audi will probably go down as one of the most famous prize assets.
Ravi Shastri’s AUDI Stories: Former India coach Ravi Shastri gets his Champion of Champion AUDI Restored, narrates very interesting 3 stories
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