Quotes from K. L. Rahul

Every day, I want to be a winner. I want to train my best; I want to work my best.

If I am playing a game, I want to give my best, and that's the only thing that helps me sleep peacefully at night.

Quite honestly, cricket is same at all levels. It's a game of bat and ball.

I enjoy wicket-keeping in the shorter format. I think when we are bowling first, it gives me an idea of how the wicket is behaving.

Every player needs that one or two innings to get the confidence in whatever format to realise that he's good enough to be successful in whatever conditions or at whatever level.

You need to be ready to bat, whatever you are given; you have to take what is thrown at you.

If you get off to a good start, even if you get the run-rate down a bit in the middle overs, if you are set till the end, you can do the most damage.

I got some time off from international cricket so I could come back to India and reflect on what was not going right for me.

A good wrist spinner is a good wrist spinner against any opposition.

I don't know whether I am mentally tough or not, but one thing I know is that I like the game and spend as much time as possible on it.

When you sit out, then you realize that, when you get the opportunity, how important it is to use that opportunity, not only as a player individually but also for the team.

Every innings is important.

I am a sporty person who loves to go to the gym, train, play football.

For somebody like me who doesn't bowl, it's important to contribute in the field, and I've worked hard on that, slip catching.

I have had to work really hard at white-ball cricket. It doesn't come naturally to me, I was a slow batsman; I worked hard on my game and fitness.

After junior cricket, if the team wanted me to keep in a one-off/odd match or if anyone got injured, I was up for it. I kept in One-dayers and T20s.

200 for a batsman is a big landmark, and I have never been somebody who has chased landmarks, but getting a 200 will always be a proud moment for a batsman.

I am only trying to improve as a player with each tournament, each game, each opportunity.

I am happy to playing against teams like South Africa and Australia early on in my career. It is going to make me stronger as a cricketer.

No matter how well I have taken care of my body, I have been injured a few times, which is very unfortunate and which is very disappointing. But each time, I have come back, I have come back stronger, and I have come back hungrier.

It took me a long time to realise that I need to stay true to my game.

Earlier in the shorter format, I was not consistent, so I was not getting noticed. But I always believed that I had the game to do it. It was just about consistency.

I never played for numbers.

I don't really have routines or follow what my coaches tell me or how people want me to be: this stereotypical 'sleep on time and set good examples' person. I don't really know what setting a good example is.