Kapil Dev Quotes

I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.

You have to see that cricket is developing as a sport because what's very important is you want cricket to be a global sport when it comes to participation.

People complain about too much T20. But the only recognised T20 in Europe is the Blast so if we are going to grow the game outside the U.K. it has to be everywhere.

There is a huge gap between international and domestic cricket. That gap needs to be lessened. Our domestic circuit needs to step up.

No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.

Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.

What's more important is, rather than looking at it from a commercial point of view, what we have to make sure is, where there's existence of the sport, it keeps on increasing there, and at the same time, you look at some of the other countries where there's the prospect of playing cricket.

We want cricket to grow for kids, and for families to come and watch.

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

I've never been a massive advocate of international Twenty20 cricket except a World Cup every two or three years, because that gets the best players together.

Players like Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Warner, Glenn Maxwell were noticed at IPL first. It is a platform for players all over the world.

My best India v. Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie.

Football is now all about money. There are problems with the values within the game. This is sad because football is the most beautiful game. We can play it in the street. We can play it everywhere.

I really believe that every game of international cricket should have some sort of meaning and some sort of context to it - so the World Test Championship, the World One-Day League are all really, really important opportunities to the game.

It will be important because every country is looking forward to getting more girls to play the sport. And if you have another World Cup of, say, Under-19 or Under-21, it gives an opportunity for young girls to compete at that level because there's something to look forward to.

Just in a matter of eight months to win the U-19 World Cup as captain and then make the Test team is quite unreal.

It's impossible to describe Messi. I like him so much, and I always say I feel so sad because he never won the World Cup with Argentina. It is an award he deserves because a world-class player like him must be a world champion.

We should be far more flexible about the way we play our cricket away from home. We can't just presume that what works at home will work away. We need to be more flexible and creative both in the way we play and the way we select.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

I loved every minute of my 17-year career, all the Test matches, the ODIs and the World Cups. The only disappointment, if you ask me, was I never won a World Cup for West Indies.

I played my first World Cup game against South Africa where I scored 97 runs before being run-out by Jonty Rhodes.

I would love to have the whole world involved and still call it Eurovision.

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.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

With new fast bowlers on the international circuit few and far between, it's always good to see someone new coming through.