Quotes About Cricket

I'm looking forward to the new challenge that playing T20 cricket in England will bring.

We all grow up dreaming of playing international cricket.

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.

It's the pinnacle of Australian cricket, playing in an Ashes series.

Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

An inswinger - that gets an lbw or bowled - after a few outswingers is always very pleasing.

Sport in itself has this power. If you are a poet or a singer, people gravitate. I may not be in the same category, but I will make a comparison with Bob Marley. So it isn't just cricket where social commentary plays a huge part.

From an England point of view they have put money into white-ball cricket because our performances in World Cups has not been good enough, I understand the reasons for that. But we have to be careful not to go too one-day, we have to find a balance because there is such a legacy of Test cricket in this country and we can't lose that.

On the field, MS epitomises calmness and, from a cricket point of view, has the best angle in terms of field placements.

In India, you need to look intense to be classified a good cricketing brain.

I just love to play the sport. It maybe a cliche, but it's true for me. I'm constantly trying to be the best cricketer I can be. The sport has become a lifestyle.

It is a cliche to say that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test and it is the bowlers who get you the 20 wickets.

There are not too many leg-spinners in the world, and if you look closely, Mishra bhai will stand out as one of the best.

I think we are still on the lookout for a left-arm spinner who can at least be closer to what Neetu David has been for women's cricket.

The pressure of chasing 230 is naturally always less compared to chasing 300.

I try to play like Kohli and compete with him.

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.

2018 was magical for me as far as IPL is concerned.

We all know that spinners dominate in Indian conditions, so it's good if medium pacers can get at least two wickets.

We all know England conditions help fast bowlers.

It was my wish to play in the challenging conditions in Australia. I love the bounce there.

When you are asked to open the batting in overcast conditions, it is a challenge.

It's all about the conditions and how the wicket is going to behave. We don't know how the nature of wicket is.

I think part of being a professional cricket player is being able to adapt to conditions.