My father, who has played a bit of cricket, comes to Chepauk to watch every game I play.

I want to complete my MBA but don't know when I will find time from my cricket schedule.

I chose cricket as my career when I was 15 or 16 when I scored a century for Maharashtra.

My dad doesn't know that much about cricket, but he has watched so many years of cricket.

We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.

A loving wife is better than making 50 in cricket, or even 99, beyond that I will not go.

No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win.

IPL is a T20 franchise tournament combining cricket and Bollywood to offer entertainment.

No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.

White ball cricket can be taxing on bowlers and can be a distraction for a youngster, too.

If cricket can be so glamorous and lucrative, I don't see why wrestling should lag behind.

Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

I love playing cricket. I wake up every morning and I can't see myself doing anything else.

Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things.

I am like the huge percentage of Indians who follow majorly cricket when it comes to sports.

Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It's gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.

I am an ardent cricket fan, and I have seen the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium matches on TV.

India is such an attack on your senses and is unrivalled for the passion surrounding cricket.

My favourite sport's cricket and one of the key things in cricket is to know when to declare.

I don't mind which wicket you play on - wet, dry, slow, or fast. I just want to play cricket.

Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

As I played a lot of tennis ball cricket, I used to watch Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis a lot.

I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is a blessing.

If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.

I was just a regular kid who was interested in studying, playing cricket, and watching movies.

The classical art of spin bowling, how you should bowl in Test match cricket, is disappearing.

The workload with Test cricket was too much as I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

Even a good batsman requires a year or so in test cricket to settle down and play long innings.

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

I wanted to pursue my passion for cricket, but after school, I got into an engineering college.

I played cricket at primary school but hardly at all at high school. I was more of a footballer.

Does it make a difference if I score 8000 or 10,000 runs in Test cricket? Not in anybody's life.

We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.

Once I am out of the ground, I forget cricket or keep it away as far as possible, to lighten up.

During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.

I've always had an interest in the media, I love cricket, so why wouldn't I want to be around it?

It is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket.

I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.

I'm going to give international cricket one more crack. The Pakistan job seems like a perfect fit.

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

I went to trials at Northants academy and got in. It was a crossroads between cricket and football.

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

Cricket is not gender biased. It isn't that men's cricket is different and women's a different one.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

All of us follow men's cricket because we want at some point that women's cricket would be up there.

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