Quotes from Yuzvendra Chahal

I am working towards it, and it is a dream to play Test matches for India.

I have not played that many matches for India, but whenever I play in Bengaluru, I feel it is like my home. I have taken wickets here.

When I was playing in IPL, mom dad both were COVID positive. Mom had a mild one but dad's one was serious as his oxygen count fell to 85.

Dhoni has abundance of experience with him. We all are lucky that we are sharing the field with him.

I'm like a coy and go into my shell when I face girls.

I am not aware of any player in the Indian team changing the size of the bat.

You have to be more patient in Test cricket.

When a top batsman is coming after me, I have more chance of getting his wicket as he is just looking for fours and sixes. If I am vulnerable, he is vulnerable too. I can use my variations well and take my chances against him. That's how I look at batsmen attacking me.

It's difficult to bowl a good ball but to take a wicket off it, that's even more difficult.

If batsmen put up a good total on the board, then it gives the bowlers more confidence to bowl well.

My biggest strength is I never look at the batsman's name when bowling.

I realized that the ball is turning more in leg-spin, which would make things difficult for the batsmen, so this made me enjoy bowling leg-spin more.

When you play for India, you get more confidence because of bowling at Chinnaswamy. A spinner is always worried about short boundaries, but having bowled here, I don't fear bowling anywhere.

I love bowling on flat wickets with a bit of bounce. That personally suits my game.

I have a complete temple of Lord Shiva. I have Shivansh written on me and that is the name of my sister's son. I am a Leo so I also have a lion. I also have a warrior type tattoo as that gives me the spirit to fight when I am on the field. The pain of getting inked gives me joy.

It's a big thing to play under Mahi bhai. He was my first captain.

Wrist-spinners are mostly attacking, and when your captain is so attacking you get freedom to attack more.

I don't bowl to escape with cheap economy.

To kill time, I went to learn dance and there I met my to-be wife. She is a choreographer.

When you play at Chinnaswamy Stadium, it is very loud and the crowd is always supporting you.

We have to forget about the games we lost because we cannot change the results.

The new-ball bowlers usually bowl seven to eight overs before we spinners come into the attack, and the pressure they build on the batsmen with the new ball - they concede not more than 20-25 runs - helps us plan our line of attack as to where to bowl to maintain that pressure.

In fact, I prefer flat wickets, for it gives our batsmen a chance to post big totals.

I just want to do well and contribute in any way I can for my team whenever I get the chance to perform.