INZAMAM-UL-HAQ

I control my anger.

In the one-dayers, it boils down to who performs better on the day of the match.

No one can deny there is a lot of pressure when Pakistan and India play, especially with the expectations of the fans at home.

Whoever you name as captain, it's a hard choice.

Once you start feeling the pressure, you start to struggle. That is the beauty of Indo-Pak cricket contests.

Any team can't give top performance all year round.

I coached Afghanistan for seven months. Out of those, I spent five and a half away from home.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

There is always great significance playing against India, and it is always special and a treat for people in both countries.

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

Tests with India always produce some great finishes.

It is when your team is losing that the captain has to keep the players together. He has to fight for them.

We were able to dominate the world in the '90s because the World Cup victory completely transformed us and changed our mindset.

We can't take such unfair criticism. It would be difficult for me to continue as captain if this unhealthy trend of demoralising the team after a few bad performances continues.

My desire, like everyone else, is to see the team win.

I love to watch Rohit Sharma bat.

When I look back and think about it, I feel my career was fairly good but, certainly, not tremendous.

It is not my domain to speak on pitches, but they play an important role in producing quality players in every format.

I am a great admirer of Yuvraj and Kaif. They have generally been able to pick up the scoring when they come to bat at numbers six and seven. They also are livewires in the field.

Throughout my career, we beat India in many matches, but for some reason, we never managed to get the better of them in World Cup matches, and it remains a disappointment for me.

I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.

The pressures of playing in the World Cup are different, but it was because we coped with them in 1992 under Imran Khan's guidance and influence that we won the Cup.

I have had a fulfilling career for Pakistan, although our poor performance in the 2007 World Cup would remain the lowest point of my career.

How well a team executes its plans is important, but I think keeping nerves under pressure is far more important in the knockout stage.

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.