Imran Tahir Quotes

The goals made such a difference to the way this game went.

I have always maintained that bowlers win you a cricket match whatever the format.

The off spinner's job is to contain; for me, leg spinners need to have a bigger heart than anyone else because it is easy to blame them.

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

Leg spinners can change the game.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

Even though I am someone who played one-dayers more, I have equally prepared hard for the T20 format too.

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.

I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It's gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.

If you get out back-to-back in T20s, it proves costly.

You can call it my bias or love for Harbhajan but if you are picking three best spinners in the country, he's got to be among them. Harbhajan is one bowler who should be playing all three formats of the game.

T20 is the vehicle to make cricket a truly global game.

Coming on to bowl in the opening powerplay might look stressful for a spinner but I actually quite like it.

If you are going to introduce cricket to other countries then I think T20 is the format with which to do it - it's a great entry level into the sport and easy to pick up.

That's what most players know about me, that I can change the game without scoring or even having a good offensive night.

In T20, even when you are in form and you feel like you are making good contributions, you are going to only face 30 or maximum 40 balls in the position where I bat in the middle order.

I like to take wickets and see wickets and chances and I think in T20 cricket you have to risk a boundary to take a wicket.

Cricket is not rocket science. Bowlers often get wickets through perseverance, accuracy and being patient rather than trying to blast opposition teams out.

I don't want to be known as a super sub. But you have got to be ready to come off the bench and make an impact if you're not in the starting team.

According to me, a leg-spinner is such a character who, on his day, can win the match for you if he is bowling well and has the support of the captain and the coach.

Dotting teams up and bowling maidens back to back cannot be underestimated in Australian conditions because it gives you control of the game.

It's important on any English wicket to leave well.

The history of Test cricket will suggest if you hold the top of off longer than anyone else you will have success, in England particularly it's about owning the top of off.