I admire the work he does off the field as well, especially in Calcutta, and I’m sure people back home would be wishing well for him.

From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.

Anyone would want to play like him, he was completely at a different level as far as mental toughness is concerned.

Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you...

It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

He’s bowling well at the moment and looks in good form. But we’re not thinking about what they will do to us. We’re more interested in what we can do to them.

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

Dressing room discussions should not come out. If it has come out it was absolutely wrong.

I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

He always used to look at his shadow and run his fingers through his hair.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn’t quite...

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can’t be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My...

I will know how much impact my elbow is going to take only when I practice more. Frankly it is too early to say when I will be back.

New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

We used to call him the ‘Shadow Man’ for this habit of his.

If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many....

When I was 15, I started playing first class cricket and always dreamt of being a Test cricketer, wanted to do something for the country, married in 1995, have 2 kids it’s been great.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

I think I have already spoken a lot. Now it is time for me to play.

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

The entire country looks up to me and they have expectations and that’s why I have to work very hard.