K. L. Rahul Quotes

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.

Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.

I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.

Having coached in South Africa, you don't really work with wrist-spinners - you work with serviceable finger-spinners.

Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

The 'Natmeg' from England's Natalie Sciver attracted a lot of attention as a brilliant piece of improvisation, which requires every bit as much talent as a Tillakaratne Dilshan 'scoop,' or a Jos Buttler 'ramp' shot.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

There are times I do single wicket bowling, and there are times I try, practise, hitting a specific length.

Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say 'this guys has got potential, he's a wicket-taker.' He is someone who I'd like to see do well.

With the cricket, I knew what I was doing - to a degree.

For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

Abdul Qadir was my main role model. I just wanted to be like him because, for me, he was only guy who no one could read. He was that good. His passion, his love for legspin, was unique. He would create new things all the time: flippers, sliders, three to four kinds of googlies, legspinners, topspinners.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.

Spinners have a main role, whether in the IPL or world cricket. But it's hard to be a legspinner: you have to be accurate.

Shaun Pollock is actually the best role model for me as a very good attritional bowler.

It's always frustrated me when I've seen other players able to smack balls over the bowler's head and stuff like that. I can't, though. When I've tried I've let myself down.

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

I love that feeling of being in a battle with the new ball, you're getting an opening batsman out while they are desperate to survive.

Obviously, if I start bowling more, I will get better. To bowl more, I must be effective whenever I get to bowl - it doesn't matter if it is the 40th or the 100th over.

Is there a secret to bowling at the Waca? In a way the secret is that there is no secret. Like any ground in the world, it's all about feel.