Calling him an 'extrovert to the core', Team India's head coach Ravi Shastri said he would remember Dean Jones, who died of a sudden, massive cardiac arrest on Thursday, as 'a very good cricketer and commentator' and 'one of the best One-day players in the world, ever'. Shastri said, 'Really shocking to lose a colleague and a dear friend. Gone so young. It's very sad that he had to pass away in my city, and at a time when I couldn't even meet him. I'm very sorry for Jane (his wife) and the kids.' Shastri remembers Jones as a laugh-a-minute colleague, with a very good sense of humour and great fun to work with. The India coach said, 'With him around, there was electricity. All the time I've known him, he was a livewire. I'm 58, he was 59, and I've known him since 1986 - that's almost 35 years. I will never forget him hosting me at his home for the Christmas-day lunch during the 2003-04 India tour of Australia.' In the mid and late 80s, Shastri said, 'Dean Jones was among the best One-day batsmen in the world, on par with Viv (Richards) and Javed (Miandad)'. Calling him a 'terrific entertainer' in white ball cricket during his time, Shastri said, 'He was ahead of his time in the 50-over format, had an attacking style, his running between the wickets was excellent and he was right there at the top. His 210 at Chepauk, battling the heat and humidity, was an exemplary effort. In my opinion, it ranks as the second-best innings ever played by an overseas Test batsman in India, after Kevin Pietersen's Wankhede innings in 2012.'