Shikhar Dhawan Quotes

In big clubs, you always have competitions for places.

If there's competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don't put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.

Competition means the best player will play.

I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.

It is always a good thing that whoever is getting a chance in the playing XI has been performing well.

Consistency in selection is great but it's a whole lot easier if you've got players who warrant that consistency through their performances.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.

Data not only measures progress—it inspires it. Once you start measuring problems, people are more inclined to take action to fix them, because nobody wants to end up at the bottom of a list of rankings.

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

You are all mates off the pitch, but on it, you are all competing for places. I think that only makes a healthier squad - more players fighting for positions can only mean everyone has got to step their game up.

If you hit .200 and you win or .300 and you win, it's all the same. Just so you win.

To have healthy competitions among players for places in the team is good for Indian cricket and the game in general.

After a test match it's very easy to make selections, once you've seen exactly how the surface is going to play.

There's always going to be pressure on your place. It's 11 cricketers. There's always going to be other cricketers outside the team doing well.

I think everybody wants everybody to be successful. There is that competitive nature, in a sense that everybody wants to be the best, but if A.J. Styles is more successful, and Braun Strowman is more successful, that makes the company more successful.

I want to widen the pool. In the past, England players have maybe had the comfort of knowing what the next squad is going to be before it's announced, but I'd like there to be more uncertainty. More competition for places means the standard goes up.

Ravindra Jadeja should not be in the World Cup team.

Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

We don't get any marks for effort like in ice-skating.

Competition for places can only benefit you. If you know you've got that much competition, then you're just going to have to work that extra bit harder so you can catch the gaffer's eye.

For me, I just try to figure out ways I can affect winning.

Every player wants to play more than 45 minutes, but it's the decision of the coach. You have to work hard.

When you go out to play in different conditions against different bowlers, it is always challenging.