Harley Davidson withdraws SuperLow and FatBoy Special from the Indian market

Harley Davidson India recently unveiled the 2016 line-up of motorcycles with upgrades for most of the products on sale under a new theme known as Dark Custom. However, what one didn’t notice that Harley Davidson also withdrew two of its models from the Indian market namely the SuperLow and the FatBoy Special.

Priced around Rs.6 lakh and Rs.15.5 lakh (Ex-Showroom) respectively, the SuperLow and FatBoy Special were withdrawn from the Indian market reportedly due to the low sales cost. Even though both the models were available in India for an estimated 3 years, they still didn’t manage to gain popularity. They were brought to the Indian shores through the CKD route.

The SuperLow is powered by an 883 cc V twin air cooled engine that produces 70 Nm of peak torque at 3,750 rpm. The V twin engine is paired to a 5 speed transmission. The SuperLow gets a decent share of chrome bits that makes its appearance as good as the bigger Harleys in the segment.

The FatBoy Special, on the other hand is powered by a 1690cc air cooled engine that produces 132 Nm of peak torque at 3,250 rpm. This engine was mated to a 6 speed gearbox. The sales of the FatBoy Special were so low that Harley couldn’t manage to sell even a single unit of the motorcycle in the last few months. Another possible reason for the low sales of these bikes could be the introduction of the Street 750 which is a comparatively affordable model and took the place of being the most reasonably priced motorcycle from the U.S. based manufacturer.

What in your opinion would be the ideal choice for a bike with the SuperLow and FatBoy Special being discontinued in India by Harley Davidson? Will Harley replace these models with something new?

Mahindra KUV100 Design Review

Today, Mahindra has partly revealed the all-new KUV100 compact SUV though a couple of official images. Said to be designed with inputs from Pininfarina, the iconic Italian design studio that Mahindra has recently acquired, the KUV100’s appearance has been honed to attract mildly affluent Indian youths who’d otherwise have gone ahead and bought themselves a new hatchback.

Not much of a SUV then, a pseudo crossover at best, the KUV100 is a sub-4 meter long vehicle that stances as a compact, yet voluminous hatchback.  The KUV100’s design  has short overhangs, a clamshell bonnet, sculpted sides and aggressive bumpers, along with a prominent haunch at the back. Let’s delve deeper into the Pininfarina stoked lines and contours in this brief design review.

The wraparound headlamp clusters, which are shaped to be a bit RR Evoque-ish, feature L-shaped LED signatures and blacked out nacelles.

Emanating from the headlamps are these gloss black finished fixtures, proudly branding the mFalcon name, which represents the manufacturer’s new family of petrol and diesel engines. 

The slimmest grille ever offered on a Mahindra vehicle retains the brand’s toothy signature, highlighted by brushed silver accents.

The busy front bumper gets a two tone treatment; with a body coloured upper half and a blacked out lower section that also hosts a scuff plate finished in dull silver.

The “dynamic” fog lamps feature chrome trimmed borders. The same theme is repeated on the rear reflectors.

The undulations on the mirror caps actually represent “pumping fists”

The distinctive, strong rear haunch creates an arch over the rear wheel arch flare and extending into the tail gate, shadowing the petal shaped tail lamps.

The KUV100 gets hidden rear door handles a-la Chevrolet Beat, but dull silver trimmed surrounds kind of give them away.

The top-end K8 variant of the KUV100 will be shod with 185/65R14 tubeless footwear with alloy wheels; body cladding on the sills and noticeable wheel arch trim in contrast colour indicate its “SUV character”

Though the rear end hasn’t been revealed yet, spy shots, like the one above reveal a flush fitting rear bumper that has been effectively designed to keep overall vehicle length less than 4 meters. The bumper also features a plastic trim running across, which hosts the registration plate recess flanked by chrome bordered reflectors. Other visible highlights on the posterior include a rear wash/wipe function and an integrated spoiler.

The KUV100 will be powered by two fresh engines from Mahindra’s new mFalcon family – a 1.2-litre, dual VVT petrol motor dubbed the mFalcon80, good for 82 bhp @ 5500 rom and 114 Nm of torque available between 3500-3600 rpm, along with a 1.2-litre, turbo-charged diesel motor called the mFalcon75, which will develop 77 bhp @ 3750 rpm and 190 Nm of torque available between 1750-2250 rpm. Both will be starpped to 5-speed manual transmissions.

Darth Vader’s Swim with Turtles

In these times of Star Wars frenzy, I have to make a revelation: no, I am not your father – you’re thankfully quite a number to read this so I’d have a tad too many children, although I’m a guy so technically I do have millions of little Sebastians available… but I digress as I barely started my post and the thought is slightly creepy too. So: I may not be your father, but I am… Darth Vader. Yep, that’s right, Darth Vader himself. Well if not himself, at least my heavy, slow breathing in a snorkelling tuba would clearly give me away or indicate some family connection, you have to give me that.

I felt at peace though, swimming in the straits between Gili Air and Lombok island in Indonesia – but my breathing initially clearly wasn’t. I was still breathing more rapidly than necessary. I knew I could finally relax but I had to consciously focus on slowing my breathing down.

Slowly inhaling air through my mouth – my nose was stuck in the snorkelling mask I was wearing – I started mentally counting up to the number six. I then held my breath for two seconds, before slowly expiring for another eight long seconds. The deep sound of air flowing through the tuba resonated in my ears, I sounded more and more like Darth Vader (or maybe like a whale, that would probably be a more accurate comparison), but thankfully my panting didn't disturb anyone nor the creature right below me.

I had suddenly remembered this breathing technique from a cute little squarish book full of simple quotes and relaxation methods. Too much of a rational mind, I had never been very keen about the topic of meditation, mindful introspection and other semi-Eastern voodoo-style stuff; Sam Harris'sWaking Up, a Guide to Spirituality Without Religion had however started to open up my mind a little, before I got my hands on that anthology of quotes and other simple, occasionally simplistic (but does it really matter if they work?), suggestions.


The beloved sea creature was calmly feeding itself, grazing algae and sea grass. I had been looking for turtles for a few days now. It's only when I finally saw one from close up that I realised how their shell camouflaged itself so easily with the brown-yellowish colour of the almost completely dead coral and of the sea grass it was feeding itself from.

Okay, let me admit how lame I was in detecting those turtles: they were more than one metre (three feet) in diameter... so yes, I really wasn't very good at detecting their subtle, if lethargic, movements. Most times they were submerged a mere metre below the surface, their rugged-edge carapace dangling and hitting rocks as the sea was ebbing and flowing. I couldn’t really mock them for being entirely focused on eating, not worrying about waves carrying them away: I was myself so intent on going into the sea that I blindly walked on the dead coral, fins on my feet, falling down like a clumsy clown and hurting myself against the sharp rocks every time a slightly bigger-than-expected wave would come crashing in.

I did eventually figure out a technique: walking backwards into the sea (no, it wasn’t quite moonwalking à la Michael Jackson but “almost”) and, just as importantly, taking the time to identify the areas where the coral had been blown up to let boats come alongside the shore. So if you ever travel to the eastern side of Gili Air, get in about a hundred metres north of Satu Tiga cottages where a few boats are anchored, let yourself drift with the currents, and get out at the little white flag that signals the blown-up channel right before the beach walls. Swim right at the frontier between the coral and the deeper sea where all the tropical fish of all colours and sizes – yes, including things that look like mini-sharks, yikes – love to swim around.

Temptation to swim with the turtle holding onto its hard carapace was high – I never watched The Little Mermaid (“it’s for girls”) so the closest analogy would be Aladdin and his flying carpet (no, I didn’t say the turtle was a carpet, argh!). So did I do it? I’m not sure I want to make you more jealous – or risk being demonised because turtles should be left undisturbed. Let’s just say I “accidentally” brushed against its large, paddle-like flippers. I followed the turtle as it swam away: it was quite a feeling to be able to swim at the same pace as the sea mammal, with no one and nothing else around except that beautiful uniform blue colour of the deep sea in the background. My heart leapt in small bursts of joy as one turtle led me to another, and yet another, and when their large beady eyes seemed to stare at me for a few seconds. Those days were good days for Sebastian.

At the surface of the sea, boats were whizzing around. Children were playing football on the beach – I would dismally lose later on but, to be fair and because I have to find a scapegoat, a player on my team attempted useless headers, literally planting his head into the sand without even touching the ball, what the heck – well, it’s not tomorrow that Indonesia will be on the world map of football (sorry). Tourists were tanning under the sun, sipping some watermelon or pineapple juice. The turtle couldn’t care less about all those mundane activities. It couldn’t be bothered by my presence either.

Once replete with its meal of dirt-coloured sea grass, the turtle broke the surface one last time to breathe one big gulp of air – and immediately dove vertically straight towards the floor of the deep blue sea. Sometimes I wish I could also disappear in some other-worldly pleasant-blue reality, away from feelings of responsibility, away from silly issues. Perhaps I should instead remind myself of that Buddhist analogy as regards to inner tranquillity: down there, far below the waves and the twirl of everyday life, it is always peaceful and quiet...

New 2015 Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Facelift launched at Rs 5.99 lakh, gets Smart Hybrid tech on diesel

Maruti Suzuki India has introduced the 2015, facelifted version of the Ertiga with new features, better efficiency tweaked styling. The car maker has introduced a micro hybrid for the car model across all diesel variants, and is calling it Smart Hybrid.

The introductory ex-showroom prices of the new Ertiga face lift inDelhi are provided below

Variant ( Petrol)	INR	Variant (Diesel)	INR
Lxi	599,907	Smart Hybrid Ldi	755,826
Lxi (O)	635,339	Smart Hybrid Ldi (O)	762,778
Vxi	726,257	Smart Hybrid Vdi	826,300
Zxi	785,561	Smart Hybrid Zdi	882,540
Zxi+	842,572	Smart Hybrid Zdi+	925,358
Vxi AT	826,257

The diesel engine, thanks to the implementation of the Smart Hybrid (SHVS) technology, delivers an improved fuel efficiency of 24.52 km/l (up by 18 %) in diesel. Petrol versions have also seen an increment of 9%, with the efficiency now rated at 17.5 km/l as a result of some tweaks made to the K14B engine. The 1.3 diesel engine is available only with a 5-speed transmission, while the 1.4 petrol gets a 5 speed manual as well as a 4 speed manual transmission.

The changes made to the Ertiga in its latest 2015 facelift avatar are listed below

Exterior

• New chrome grille
• New front and Rear Bumpers
• Chrome garnish on the tail door
• Fog lamps with chrome bezels
• New alloy wheels

Interior and features

• New SmartPlay Infotainment System
• New Bluetooth audio
• Electric Foldable ORVMs
• 2nd row accessory socket
• Push button start with smart key
• New seat and door trim fabric
• 50:50 split 3rd row seat for more flexibility

Safety and Security

• Dual airbags as option on base trim
• ABS with EBD
• Front seat belt with pre-tensioner and force Limiter
• Seat belt reminder buzzer (driver side)
• Reverse parking sensors
• Reverse parking camera

Ertiga has sold over 2.25 lakh units in the domestic market, with a market share of over 20% in the MPV segment. Apart from petrol and diesel hybrid options, the car is also available in a CNG version.

Presenting the all-new Ertiga, Mr. R S Kalsi, Executive Director, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki said, “With SHVS technology, Ertiga Diesel is the first Smart Hybrid MPV in India, delivering best in class fuel efficiency of 24.52 km/l. The new Ertiga sports elegant looks and offers rich interiors. Several acclaimed features like SHVS technology and SmartPlay infotainment system are now available on Ertiga, making it a delightful package for customers. ”

Your Poop Can Save Someone’s Life – Yes, It’s Real!!

Everyone perceives their stool as disgusting…and yes, it is, in all honesty. They contain numerous bacteria that are mostly alive. However, would you believe if a person told you that your poop can save life?

That’s ridiculous, you say? Your poop comes in handy during a treatment procedure fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) which is performed on patients suffering from repeated clostridium difficile infection.

What you need to know about clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is that it is infectious diarrhoea. Along with abdominal pain, it causes bloating and diarrhoea, which further can become sever, if left untreated. Though treatment is possible through antibiotics, relapses in such cases have been minimal.

One might wonder what could be the alternate procedure if antibiotics cannot treat CDI.

That is where fecal microbiota transplantation plays its part. The procedure requires a fecal microbiota preparation where stool from a healthy patient is transplanted into the patient’s colon.The patient need not worry about fecal bacteria since it is mixed with saline, then strained and reintroduced into the patient’s colon through enema.

Actually, the size of the poop comes into play, too, as it decides the number of people that can be treated. Below is an illustration of the same –

The size of poop decides how many people can be saved

Fecal transplantation might seem gross to people today, but it was documented in the 4th century China, where it was labelled “yellow soup”.

Now, if the procedure convinces you and probably encourages you to make donation, it is important to know that the process is not that simple. Just like blood donation, fecal donation has its set of criteria. If you are one of the lucky donors, you can make up to $13,000 per year.

Scientists and doctors are looking for diseases that fecal microbiota transplantation can apparently treat. However, till date, just one – C. difficile – is the only disease that has been fully explored.

The Classic Car Show Becomes A Global Success

The first series of The Classic Car Show is officially a worldwide hit and is now watched in more than 100 countries The producers behind the first series of The Classic Car Show (Wise Old Fox Limited) are no doubt overjoyed with the shows reception. It has enjoyed an overwhelmingly positive response with excellent viewing figures across all 13 episodes aired on Channel 5 in the UK and international sales success through Sony Pictures Entertainment means it is now in more than 100 countries around the world. Wise Old Fox Limited is a new ambitious independent television and film production company set up by Jim Wiseman and Stephanie Fox. 

Both car lovers, they met during their time working for the Top Gear brand. They have a combined production and direction experience of 25 years across genres such as entertainment, sport, documentary making, game shows, promos, adverts and live events. Having worked for major international brands such as BBC F1, Sport Relief, CarFest, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Ferrari, Pirelli, Celebrity Golf Cup and Top Gear. Wise Old Fox has access to some of the best directors, camera operators and editors in the world when it comes to filming cars. 

This is exactly what they did when asked to produce The Classic Car Show. Over the last ten years the classic car market has become a multi-billion pound industry with values growing ahead of equities, fine art, wine and London real estate. Top-end Ferraris have increased in value by 55 per cent in 2013 alone* and collectively the classic car market has grown faster than any other asset class, increasing by 257 per cent since 2005**. It is this growth, global intrigue and unparalleled glamour that has driven the creation of The Classic Car Show. 

The Classic Car Show is presented by renowned motoring journalist Quentin Willson and the motoring-mad supermodel turned TV presenter, Jodie Kidd. This landmark new series has travelled the globe celebrating all manner of classic cars, from the glamorous and stratospherically expensive Ferrari 250 GT California Spider to more humble icons like the MGB GT. And viewers have loved every minute. The series debut on Channel 5 earlier this year saw average weekly-consolidated viewing figures of 642,000, an uplift of some 42 per cent for the 7pm Thursday slot. 


The series reached a peak of 922,000 viewers, achieved during its first episode which averaged 750,000. As a result of the success of The Classic Car Show on Channel 5, Sony Pictures Television, which distributes the show internationally, has sold the first series to more than 100 countries around the world including: Discovery Turbo in Latin America covering 43 countries; BBC Brit in Poland; History Channel in Japan; a multi-territory deal with BBC Brit in Africa, spanning 58 countries; SBS in Australia and Mega in Greece. 

The series featured celebrity contributions from the likes of Bruno Senna, David Gandy, Steve Coogan, Britt Ekland, Tinie Tempah, Derek Bell MBE and Sir Stirling Moss, uncovered rare barn finds and gave viewers the lowdown on which classics to buy now before their values go through the roof. The show’s unique ability to highlight undervalued cars was proved when prices of the classic Ferrari 456 doubled within weeks of it being mentioned on the programme. One of the most popular episodes was the show’s James Bond Special, which celebrated cars from the 007 series and even guest-starred ex-Stig and Daniel Craig stunt double, Ben Collins. 

Social media response to the show was also overwhelmingly positive. The programme also attracted high-end commercial partners, with sponsorship from Watchfinder. For the first time in its history, luxury car brand Aston Martin provided television viewers with the opportunity to drive away in a brand new bespoke Aston Martin V8 Vantage. This was one of the most successful TV car competitions ever with an unprecedented viewer response. Russ Lindsay said: “We’re incredibly proud of The Classic Car Show. 

The whole premise of the series was to create a series celebratory in tone without gimmicks or distractions. The episodes were packed full of content to delight classic car lovers and the contributions were second to none with the likes of Bruno Senna, David Gandy and Sir Stirling Moss. “We also designed the format and content of the show for an international audience, not just a UK one, and that has been reflected in the global sales.” Russ Lindsay is the founder of Infinity Creative Media Ltd and co-founder of James Grant Management, the UK’s largest independent media, music and sports talent agency. 

Over the last 30 years, Russ has managed many of the UK’s top media and sports personalities including Phillip Schofield, Ant and Dec, Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Clare Balding. During his time at James Grant, Russ produced the majority of their productions in music, theatre and television. Infinity has created a unique and compelling television model, being high quality EIS eligible ‘Investor Funded Programmes’ produced for worldwide sale, the first three being The Classic Car Show, The Wine Show and The Art Show. 

The Chairman of Infinity is Lord Michael Grade; the CEO is Ross Westgate, a former news anchor at CNBC with over 20 years in the global broadcast business; the COO is Simon Drinkall who has 15 successful years in institutional and alternative investment banking. Classic Car Show executive producer and presenter Quentin Willson, said: “We’ve made TV history by celebrating classic cars in a deeply glamorous and passionate way and we’re all delighted that so many mainstream viewers, who aren’t hard core old car enthusiasts, have tuned in. 


The feedback from international viewers is the same – they tell us love the way we’ve brought beauty, style and sexiness to the world of classic cars.”

What Do You Need To Be A Bill Gates?

If you’re reading this, then I’m sure you’ve heard of Bill Gates and the phenomena that he is.

One of the pioneers of tech-era and still ruling the world of richest men, he needs no introduction!

Obviously, he is the role model for so many youngsters who want to live a success-story like his. However, just looking at his riches wouldn’t be the right benchmark to understand his success. It goes deeper than that and one needs to imbibe certain traits of his to be really a Bill Gates!

Let me share with you some basics that you either need to have or you got to acquire, learn or adapt to even come closer to the success that Bill Gates is.

1) Idea

When Bill Gates started his career, the world was evolving at a very slow pace, technological advancements were not happening on a daily basis and even he didn’t visualise the enormous success when he started. All he had was an idea of something that might work and fulfil the needs of people. Nowadays, the world is changing really fast and solutions for yet to be found problems are coming out on a daily basis. With this background, you got to observe life around you closely, see what is it that people really need and are not getting from anywhere and how you can help them get it at an affordable cost! The idea, the vision has to come from you and then it all falls in place if you’re able to communicate that idea to the right kind of people.

2) Eagerness To Work

Just having an idea is not enough, but the urge to work for it with minimal resources is what is going to make you stand out. Don’t wait for the proper office, high-end computer, a secretary and the likes! Get your hands dirty, beg or borrow your requirements, work with anyone and everyone who can help you achieve your goals and start walking instead of waiting for things to happen.

3) Luxuries Of Life

This might sound like the really hard part, but to achieve something as big as something that Bill Gates achieved, you’ll have to let go of all the comforts and luxuries of life. Your workplace might become your home or vice versa. You might get sleep on the floor or on the couch. You might eat once a day or once in two days. You might have a social circle or might not! What remains and should remain though are your goals and targets!

4) Love For Uncertainty

It’s a world of cut-throat competition and what works today may fail tomorrow. Even with Microsoft, Bill Gates’ company, it is now struggling to stay relevant in the changed technological environment. That doesn’t mean that they have given up. Instead they are finding new ways to sustain and grow and find new avenues of doing business finding new needs of their customers to fulfil! In short, you got to love the uncertainties that come with any business. Only then can you grow and rise higher.

5) One Step Ahead

For the longest possible time Bill Gates, as an individual, has remained a step ahead of competition and even his own followers with his ability to look into the future and bring out products that catered to a future generation. One has to keep evolving and learning and ensuring that knowledge base is constantly updated to have that edge over others. Even with setbacks, the eagerness to bounce back and keep your head up should be the driving force.

6) Vision

While conducting a day to day business and going through the routine of daily work, you have to still look at the larger vision of where you are and where you got to go. While being involved in the nitty-gritties of work, you still need to be able to take a step back and have a bird’s eye view of how things are running and where do they need to go from here. You should be able to look at the future with your analytical skills and conduct your business for future while retaining the present!

7) Love For Failure

Success and failure are part of anything and everything in life. There is no success story, which didn’t have its own share of massive failures. Same goes for Bill Gates, but did he sit disappointed after every failure? No, he worked double hard to bounce back in a big way! You got to do the same!

Try following these tips and reach the pinnacles of success you only dreamt of till now!

J&D Custom builds a brat bob from a Bajaj Pulsar

Vadodara based J&D Custom and Co. sent us these images of their latest build, which involves transforming a Bajaj Pulsar 220 into a brat style bobber, something, that its creator Jay D. Patel thinks is a one-of-a-kind specimen in India. Apart from the engine, transmission, rims and front forks, everything else has been fabricated in-house. The oval shaped petrol tank has been built from scratch, replete with a chrome cap, while half the frame, the custom swing-arm complimenting a mono-shock suspension have been all built or assembled in house as well.

However, Jay takes special pride in how the custom handlebar has turned out. All plastic switches from the stock handlebar has been done away with, and replaced with metal switches. He says “Handlebar was most challenging part of this whole build, because we got digital 2013 model pulsars which have all digital systems in it. So we can’t put metal switches with those digital systems, because every switch is connected with some sensors. So it was very difficult to customize that digital wiring & make a unique & simple thing.”

He adds that repeated trips to mechanics, wiremen and even some Bajaj guys in order to resolve the issue went futile, as they advised him agaianist it. Not wanting to give up, Jay burnt the midnight oil on hard work and research, and ultimately appointed all the metal switches succesfully. He also thinks that that they are the most eye-catching part of the whole build.

The grips are crafted out of brass, while illumination is handled by a vintage yellow 5 inch headlamp accompanied by two white LED fog lamps. The tail lamp is hand-crafted, and features LED elements which “shine like a rear red light of formula one car”. LED side blinkers also went into the mix. The alloy wheels are stock, but don a mirror finish contrasted with strips painted in black.

This custom motorcycle was built for a client, who insisted on a comfortable seat, hence the black leather job with more cushioning for the pillion rider, complimented by quilted stitching. A chromed tool box with leather belts and a warped, custom exhaust try to uplift the vintage charm. The foot pegs and levers have also been crafted in-house. Most of the wiring has been hidden with copper piping.

While the frame and swing-arm are painted in black, the tank and custom made side panels are painted with metallic bronze paint & airbrushed with off-white strips with the  J&D logo on it.

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SA are top side but we won't take any backward step: Ravi Shastri

Indian Team Director Ravi Shastri on Friday said that South Africa are still a formidable side despite the retirement of some big players recently but his side will continue their aggressive brand of cricket in the upcoming series beginning on October 2.

"It is like asking me about Indian team without (Sachin) Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble - players will come and go, but you got to respect the fact that SA are world number one side," Shastri said at a press conference when asked about the visiting side who are coming without the likes of retired Jacques Kallis.

"South Africa are a stiff opposition. They play well in overseas conditions better than any other side in world cricket. They travelled better than any other team and records will show that. And so we what we are up against. The respect is there but we will not take any backward steps," he told reporters at the National Cricket Academy where Indian team is holding a camp.

South Africa are coming to India for a more than two-month long tour which begins with a limited overs series.

India and South Africa begin the series with a Twenty20 International at Dharamsala on October 2.

The former India all-rounder brushed aside any talk of Mahendra Singh's possible rustiness to lead the side against South Africa in the limited over matches. India last played an ODI in June in Bangladesh and Dhoni -- who has retired from Test, led the side.

"No problem at all. You are talking about a season campaigner, one of the legends, one of the all-time greats in world cricket and not only of Indian cricket, you know I am saying as a captain. He (Dhoni) takes over a job he has been doing and so it is nothing new," Shastri said.

"Everything fits into place automatically. For the team there is no difference, they played under him in the World Cup. The last time they played an ODI, they played under MS in Bangladesh. What is the difference, they are playing under a champion. What else do you want!," he said.

Asked it's high time that Dhoni bats up the order, Shastri said the captain himself will take a call on the day.

He said it's time for him to enjoy the game because he had been doing "dirty work" for years.

"Don't you think it is about time? He has done the dirty work for donkey's years. Give him a chance to enjoy himself.

You are talking of probably the greatest ODI captains and players. Don't worry about MS he will decide on the day whether to bat up the order," he said.

Shastri said that no batsman in the Indian team was in the comfort zone and they should be prepared to bat in any position.

"Nobody is in a comfort zone. As a batsman in the top order you should be prepared to bat anywhere as the team demands. Now these were unforeseen circumstances, otherwise they would not have to do it... like we had to face when Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan both were injured," said Shastri.

The unavailability of Dhawan and Vijay in the recent Test series in Sri Lanka prompted the team management to send Cheteshwar Pujara to open the innings and he lapped up the opportunity by scoring a superb hundred in Third Test.

Shastri also made it clear that the five bowler theory adopted in Test by Virat Kohli was not a permanent strategy and team combination will depend on the playing conditions and the rivals.

"No, it (five bowler theory) is not a permanent strategy.

You have to respect the conditions. In this game of cricket you cannot go in and say that I am going to go with this team.

It will backfire on you if the conditions are totally different," he said.

"So, you might need six batsmen, you might need four and a half bowlers, you might need just a bowler to do the job to give the main bowlers a rest. You have to play according to the conditions and play to the opposition. It is important to study the opposition you are up against and then decide what should be the best combination of your team," he added.

Replying to a query, Shastri said the most successful series for him during his tenure so far was the tour of Australia where, he said, players learnt hard lessons which have been put into practice by the young Indian side passionate about cricket and craving for consistency.

"For me, the most successful tour was that of Australia.

I keep saying this, the result was 2-0 down. Then we had a great World Cup, but lessons learnt in that tour was hard lessons. Those lessons have been put into practice, which I am really heartened by because it's a young team, the players are passionate, they want to learn. They don't want to rest on their laurels and they want to be consistent," he said.

Shastri said he had taken up the Team Director's assignment as a challenge and a responsibility and he wants the team to maintain consistency over the next nine months.

"Every assignment for me has been a big one, in the last year. You take it one series at a time, there is no small series in world cricket today, it's just that the teams change. 

The work ethics, what you put into place to win a game, all that has to be done in the same way as you do with any other team. So, nothing changes.

"I take it as a challenge. It is a responsibility, it is a challenge which I have never backed away from in anything I have done in life. So, this is no exception. It is a brilliant young team. You have seen the performances over the last year, I don't have to say, you can judge in all formats of the game.

And the endeavour will be to keep that consistency going over the next eight-nine months till we are in charge," Shastri said.

The Team Director also said that bench strength of the senior side was very good with the players in the India A team doing well.

"It (bench strength) is very good. I am going to have a chat with Rahul Dravid (India A coach)) sometime today to find out because he is in the best position to know who are the guys who can come through the ranks. 

The fact that the amount of cricket Rahul has played, he would know quickly know who would be the bloke who could bridge the gap and make the grade (to senior India side)," he said.