Quotes About Batting

Absolutely, Dhoni inspires me. He does it for wicket-keeping and batting both. He is a great keeper. I idolise him. The way he finishes an innings I would like to do the same for Pakistan too.

In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.

Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB... I listen to it all. When I'm not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don't think about batting, or which bowlers I'm going to face.

Shot selection is very important because you don't want to lose wickets at the start and put pressure on the rest of the side.

That's where I would love to bat, and I have always batted at the top of the order. Numbers one and two are what I am most comfortable in.

It depends upon the make-up of the team where I'm going to bat.

I am very happy. And also, I want to come out to bat in this kind of tough situation when everybody in the dressing room is nervous.

I have always liked to attack the bowlers, and batting is all about getting runs.

There's a difference between batting at number four position and batting in the lower order.

To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.

I have been pretty free-flowing in my batting. I have not let situations change my batting around too much.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

I loved captaining and trying to win games - but I wasn't enjoying batting any more.

I personally decided that I will practice batting in Australia.

Obviously, I did not start my Test career too well. With the bat, I was probably not quite ready to play at that stage. I was happy to go back to first-class system and learn my game a bit more, honing my skills, particularly my defence and patience.

In a perfect world, if I can get conversations done at a batting cage, there's exactly the place I want to be.

I am capable of batting at No. 4, from where I can build an innings. I have performed the role in the past. I have also been coming later down the order and donned the role of a finisher.

Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.

You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new ball, against the best bowlers, who are fresh. And their job is to get you out, so when you fail there's no point beating yourself up.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

I think the higher you can bat in your Shield team, if you're doing well there the better off you're going to be for batting anywhere in the Test line-up or any of the line-ups.

Whenever I get an opportunity to play for India, I will give my best in both aspects - batting and bowling.

There were a lot of players who gave me suggestions when I was young. At times, they were very good suggestions, and I took them seriously, applied them to my batting, and got success after that.