Quotes About Cricket

Since my re-entry into cricket as the president of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, I have given my 100 percent.

It's the passion for the game that attracts politicians to cricket.

There are two teams against whom my energy is always very high: India and Australia.

It's what I always wanted to do, play in the Australian side as a batsman.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman have played domestic cricket but PSL gave them an identity.

I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.

To me, Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman to have ever played one-day cricket. I have no doubts after seeing what he has achieved for India.

As a kid, we all have dreamt that we wanted to play with Sachinpaaji, and that dream has come true.

I dreamt of playing for Lancashire then but never really thought it would happen.

I really enjoyed the period in which I played my cricket. I can look back now and wish I started 10 years later and played in the T20s. But I also wish I was born 10 years earlier so that I could have been part of the all-conquering West Indies team of that time.

India has given too much emphasis on players' records than on the actual performance of the team.

The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.

At the end of the day, you have to admit that it's just not cricket anymore; it is a multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry, that has to be viewed in a correct and sober perspective.

I remember Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell getting into me quite a bit. I don't think they really rated the way I played. But maybe I've changed their views now perhaps a little bit.

I was born in a small village in Kerala. From there, I went on to play for the Kerala state team and international test cricket for India, and now I am working in TV shows and cinema... Any miracle can happen.

My secondary schooling was at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, so I'm fond of that part of the world. It's quintessentially English, with village greens, pubs and cricket pitches, and resonates strongly with me.

I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it.

I come from a village, Changa Bangyaal. It is a very beautiful village. I am from a poor family. Right from the beginning, I always had a great deal of love for cricket.

Although I was good at my studies, I also thought to myself that I should play cricket as well. And when the cricket team that consisted of the boys from our village used to play, I was able to play with the team that had older players.

People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a vicious cycle of performance, sponsorship, recognition, jobs and TV visibility. It's a typical chicken-and-egg story; each one is directly related to the other without an answer for what comes first.

Lewis - "Why did you hit Brian over the head with the cricket bat?" Bev - "Because I love him, there was no other way to get his attention.

The thing about international cricket is that you never really get to know the guys you play against. The T20 leagues allow you to actually know an individual.