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Playing on a low surface is always difficult for anyone to play their strokes. You need to be more of a grafter.
The only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.
There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.
I am still disappointed when I have let myself down or my team. That will not change at any stage in the future.
Learning how to win comes with switching the onus of pressure away from yourselves and then seizing your moment.
When Viv Richards retired I thought it was end of entertainment. But then came Sehwag,the King of entertainment!
My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.
I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now.
I have been successful as an opener, but who knows, maybe I would have been more successful in the middle order.
T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the world.
When you go out on the field, you don't go out to make friends... I play to win the game and not just to compete.
Virender Sehwag can tear any attack apart. He is audacious, takes risks and has fantastic hand/eye co-ordination.
There are times when it's difficult to see your wife and her ex-husband sitting next to each other chatting away.
I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.
The way I've been brought up to play cricket, the captain has always taken accountability for success and defeat.
When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.
'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub.
In the space of one delivery so much had changed. My confidence was sky-high. I was pumped up and rock'n'rolling.
I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.
I would like to ask, Should not a player who has played 12 to 13 years for his country deserves a farewell match?
I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.
My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.
Now, I have a confession to make. I hate warm-ups with a passion. Worst part of the whole day. Nonsense, they are.
I think if you can create a meaningful thing that is also an advertisement that's a pretty cool option for brands.
In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class.
I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to [Jeff] Thomson.
When a cricketer gets hit in the private parts, he hopes the pain will go away very soon but the swelling doesn't!
Sometimes I need to look at the scoreboard to figure out whether I'm batting hundred-plus or whether I am on zero.
You can't be chasing 338 and still have 5 wickets in the end. It's about mindset and the way you look at the game.
I played my first World Cup game against South Africa where I scored 97 runs before being run-out by Jonty Rhodes.
The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.
A cricketer's life is a life of splendid freedom, healthy effort, endless variety, and delightful good fellowship.
It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.
When I play for Delhi in Ranji Trophy, I try to help Delhi win, and when I play IPL for KKR, I aim to make KKR win.
I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.
Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.
I've always said the game owes me nothing, I owe it everything. I'm thankful I've been able to play it for so long.
Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.
Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.
I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.
It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.
I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians.
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan.
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
For my part, I am not a great believer in bad luck on the cricket field, in business - in fact, in any walk of life.
It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to make a judgment.
I'm a country boy at heart. I love it when you've got your boots on and you're standing in three inches of cow muck.
That's how life is. All eyes on you, and all things point to you. Once things don't go well, fingers going to point.
Do you know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? Anchor chains, airplane motors and train whistles.