Vijay Shankar Quotes

If a player is playing IPL and earning money, it's not his fault that he's not playing for India. He is not quitting. He is playing first-class, one-day cricket and IPL. If selectors don't pick him, what can he do?

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.

I have been successful as an opener, but who knows, maybe I would have been more successful in the middle order.

Whenever I get opportunities at the top of the order, that's the position I enjoy.

That's where I would love to bat, and I have always batted at the top of the order. Numbers one and two are what I am most comfortable in.

I was someone who used to bat up the order. Due to different reasons, I started batting at No. 7, and that became a permanent slot for me.

There's a difference between batting at number four position and batting in the lower order.

Ranji Trophy is a great experience for youngsters.

I will keep playing domestic cricket. I feel I am good enough to get back into the Indian team, and playing domestic cricket is the only way out. So I will keep playing.

Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.

When I was 15, I started playing first class cricket and always dreamt of being a Test cricketer, wanted to do something for the country, married in 1995, have 2 kids it's been great.

Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.

I played at Lancashire when Glen Chapple was 40 to 41 and he was as good as he ever was then.

I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.

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

Obviously, when I go in at No. 11 it stands to reason that we will have a better chance of scoring runs or batting out time if the batsman at the other end takes most of the strike. That's because, as my place in the order suggests, he is a better batsman than me.

I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.

Had I not got into acting and modeling, I would have been a part of the national cricket team. I'm a right-handed batsman and a pace bowler and have won lots of awards during my college and school days.

When I came to Under-19, I played a lot of cricket and got a lot of experience. Then India A as well, and Ranji Trophy - it just keeps going on.

I have high expectations from Babar Azam and Imam-ul Haq.

It feels great that my performances in domestic cricket have been recognised.

IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen.

IPL is a platform for players to get noticed and maybe make it to the Indian team, but the focus should be on performance rather than thinking about India selection.