On the podcast, Shastri named Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli in his top five.
England left-hander Gary Ballance has admitted that a dinner with skipper Alastair Cook helped get his focus back in the game after he came in the news for his shirtless act in an inebriated state at a Nottingham pub after the conclusion of the first Test at Trent Bridge.
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect. He will be replaced as Test captain by Alastair Cook, who will also continue to lead the One-day side.
The clamour for his sacking as England's ODI captain has grown shrill after the debacle against India but former coach Ashley Giles feels it is too late to do this as the World Cup is just five months away.
Part-time spinner Kane Williamson took two wickets, including that of Alastair Cook, just before stumps to put New Zealand firmly in charge of the series-deciding third Test against England at the end of the fourth day at Eden Park on Monday.
Alastair Cook missed out on his 26th Test century by five just runs on Sunday but the English skipper said even though it was frustrating he was delighted to get out of his prolonged poor form.
England skipper Alastair Cook is running out of time, excuses and places to hide after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India became the latest side to expose his weaknesses with a thumping victory at Lord's to open a 1-0 lead in their five-match series.
Alastair Cook marked his first Test as England captain with an unbeaten century to lift his team to a commanding 374 for three on the opening day of the series against Bangladesh on Friday.
If Alastair Cook does not sort out his batting problems during the series against West Indies, the England captain's Test future looks rather bleak, former batsman Nasser Hussain said.
Paceman James Anderson has no need to tone down his aggression when England and India renew their rivalry in the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday, according to captain Alastair Cook.
A century opening partnership between captain Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook provided much needed relief for England on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
A desire for captain Alastair Cook to be able to trust and rely on the support of all his players was behind the decision to end Kevin Pietersen's international career, said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
England brushed aside any concerns surrounding captain Alastair Cook's availability for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia despite the opening batsman's decision to skip a practice session on Tuesday due to a sore back.
It was an impossible thing to comprehend at the start of the series. However, after three Tests it seems the most likely thing to happen, English win that is.
England were 509 for 6 in their first essay, a lead of 193 runs, at close on Day 3 of the third Test.
Alastair Cook and Ian Bell scored maiden centuries as England beat India by 104 runs in the first ODI.
Beleaguered England captain Alastair Cook on Thursday conceded that they may have gone wrong with some of the tactics they employed in what has been a disastrous Test series against India but insisted that there was no lack of effort.
Haryana's bowlers failed to impress in the morning session as England XI scored briskly to reach 136 for no loss at lunch on the opening day of their final practice match in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Alastair Cook should be dropped as England's One-Day International captain after presiding over another "flat and tedious" display in an eight-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka on Saturday, according to former all-rounder Ian Botham.
England captain Alastair Cook declined on Saturday to offer any assurances to mercurial batsman Kevin Pietersen about his Test future.
England's Joe Root moved a step closer to one of the most celebrated records in cricket, held by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day's play of the first cricket Test between India and England in Rajkot on Saturday.
The 22-year-old opener was unbeaten on 102 as England ended Day 1 on 203 for 3 in the first Test against the West Indies.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka, at Lord's, on Thursday.
Alastair Cook, as unflappable as ever, led from the front in the final innings of his record-breaking Test career as England built a commanding 154-run lead over India at the Oval on Sunday.
Joe Root expects Alastair Cook to continue to lead England for "a few years to come" amid rising speculation on the future of the 31-year-old as test captain. The left-handed opening batsman triggered doubts about his captaincy when he told the Cricketer magazine that he did not know "how much longer I am going to carry on. It could be two months, it could be a year".
England's defensive batting approach against India was a conscious decision to save the second Test on a wearing track, the touring side's captain Alastair Cook said after the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the series in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
England captain Alastair Cook breathed a sigh of relief that his side managed to scrape out a nail-biting draw in the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand on Tuesday, though disappointment was the over-riding emotion.
England batting great Alastair Cook says the script of his last Test match could not have been written better.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes struggling Alastair Cook is not good enough to lead the England team.
He might have beaten Sachin Tendulkar's record of being the youngest to 10,000 runs but England captain Alastair Cook says he is well aware that he is nothing like the 'incredibly talented genius'.
England captain Alastair Cook on Monday said it will be "incredibly tough" to beat India in their own backyard but feels his players have the ability to do the job.
England have a great motivation to create history in this week's fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval, captain Alastair Cook has said.
Stuart Broad has been backed by captain Alastair Cook to lead the attack in the absence of James Anderson as England try to show they can win a major Test match without their all-time leading wicket-taker.
Coming down heavily on Alastair Cook, former skipper Michael Vaughan has said that the "stubborn" leader must be sacked from the ODI post if he refuses to step down soon.
Bubbling with confidence after an emphatic semifinal triumph, England cricket captain Alastair Cook is hoping that it his team's turn to lift the ICC Champions Trophy come Sunday.
'All the talking stops very quickly and the series becomes a normal series after the first two hours'
England captain Alastair Cook has said that teams have a duty to play the Ashes series in the right spirit.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the fourth one-day international in Colombo on Wednesday to go 3-1 up and win the series.
