My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character. You come to know about your mental toughness, and most importantly, there is another level of satisfaction as a player. – Suresh Raina
Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too. – Virender Sehwag
Indian cricketers need more exposure, and as cricket administrators, we need to beef up the domestic circuit. Only then will fresh talent come up. – Sharad Pawar
The IPL is just pure, intense. You don’t need all the other stuff. I don’t believe in coaches in international cricket. – Shane Warne
I didn’t have to play rugby that well, and I didn’t have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice. – Tom Jones
I wasn’t sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I played my first Test match. Short balls in one-day cricket, I have never thought of just defending. – Virat Kohli
When I was young, I was supposed to study in the afternoon, and 4 – 5:30 P.M. was playtime. The entire day would revolve around that time. We would play anything – kabaddi, cricket. Those one and half hours would feel like 5 minutes. – Sushant Singh Rajput
I have this magpie instinct for the next glittering object. There are one or two things I know I can’t write about, though: DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor. – Simon Schama
Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. – Steve Waugh
Cricket the world over, I don’t think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer. – Tony Greig
Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket. – Vikas Swarup