I have been an ardent cricket fan since childhood. I started out as a fast bowler and I was selected for India's Under-19 cricket world cup team. Unfortunately, I hurt my elbow during training and...

Someone like Shane Warne played the game on and off the field really well and got into guys' heads. Even though he couldn't bounce you and hurt you physically, he was verbally aggressive and would let...

I know I'm a better bowler and create more chances if I get a batsman indecisive in defence.

My father didn't know about cricket. Then, one of my father's friends advised him to take me to a coaching camp.

If any IPL team wants me to be a mentor or a batting consultant, I would love to do that. I can share my knowledge with the youngsters.

Whenever you see Indian first class cricket on television, you see only a white wicket in a four-day game. And you have after five overs your spinners bowling from both ends on all four days. So how...

T20 runs should only be a criterion to get selected for a T20 side. The moment you start picking players in the one-day format by their T20 performance, then you are giving your domestic 50-over...

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

As long as I value what I have and respect my cricket, I know I am on the right path.

I love to play Test cricket; it's the main cricket.

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

A lot of the things we do in Test cricket revolves around planning for the Ashes series down under.

My captaincy model was characterised by two distinctive pillars. Proper identification of talent and then ensuring the young finds play fearless cricket.

As a fast bowler, if you are out of the game for five months, then that can be catastrophic, but to be out of the game for five years was very tough, and to make a comeback after such a lengthy period...

I have never tried to hide my ambition to work in county cricket one day.

It is all about experience. When you are 7-8 years old, you start playing school cricket and score runs; my coaches, from school level to Rahul Dravid Sir now, all those small, small things - the...

When I grew up, I tried to score off every ball, be it a 10-over match, a 20-over, or even a Test match. If I stay in the wicket for, say, about 30 minutes, I want to make the most of it and score...

I believe that any ball can take a wicket.

I am fully aware that cricket is like a second religion in Pakistan.

In Pakistan cricket, the real test comes when the team is not doing well. When it is winning, everything is fine.

The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they...

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.

As far as I'm concerned, I bowl at other team batsmen not at Indian batters.

I do think the ICC has financially helped Afghanistan and Ireland a lot, but I think it's crucial that the ICC provides these Associate nations with quality coaches to work on their basics.

IPL has been a great experience. It's nice to play with Indian internationals and international players around the world. It's intriguing to see how they read the game and deal with situations.

What people don't understand is... because I became captain of Australia, I have no say in who gets a contract. Simon Katich was not dropped from a team when I was captain of Australia or when I was a...

MS has always been a bowler's captain.

Anyone that bowls with good pace is an asset to a side.

The PCB needs to be clear in its stance on players who have been involved in corruption and tarnishing the image of the country. Because playing for the national team is the highest honor for any...

You have to look at cricket from a global perspective. The ICC is also looking at the BCCI for some kind of leadership, to take cricket to the next level. So the ICC is incomplete without the BCCI.