Isn’t cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.
At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that’s normal, so I’ll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it’s just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.
Sourav’s greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking – not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.
It is my job to make runs for the country and win. That is the job I have to do.
I am not going to come back and play IPL. Have a few plans and may play a few matches here and there.
I really like Iceland. One of the nicest things about it is that I hardly ever had to reach for my credit card. There’s practically nothing there to go shopping for.
I need at least two months to try and figure out where the centre of the bat is.
Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.
Sometimes I need to look at the scoreboard to figure out whether I’m batting hundred-plus or whether I am on zero.
Let us celebrate the spirit of sport through the National Games.
The International Cricket Calender shouldn’t be so packed with action that it drives spectators away. Also there should be enough space between cricket events to help players recharge their batteries – not just physically but mentally too.
It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.
I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
It doesn’t always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.
Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.
The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.
I’m really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?
I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating.