COLOMBO. Sept 8: Ravi Shastri, one pi India's greatest cricket all rounders, an nounced his retirement from first-class cricket Thursday reports AFP

The 32 year-old Shastri, here as a television commentator for the four-nation limited-overs tournament, told reporters he was not motivated to play any longer.

Shastri is the only Indian cricketer besides veteran allrounder Kapil Dev to achieve the rare dnuhle of 3 000 runs and 100 wickets in both Test and one-day cricket.

He played 80 Tests for India since his debut in 1980. scoring 3.830 runs aqd taking 151 wickets. His 206 against Australia in the 1992 Sydney Test was his highest score in 1 1 Test centuries.

In 150 one-day internationals. Shastri scored 3.180 runs and took 129 wickets. He was named the man-of-the-tour-nament in the 1985 World Championship of cricket series in Australia.

Shastri won the only Test in which he captained India when debutant Narendra Hlrwani irxik 16 wickets to defeat the West Indies in Madras in 1988.