Sourav Ganguly Quotes

Every cricketer dreams of coming into the Indian side.

While I played Ranji Trophy for five years, I used to be asked, 'When are you playing for the nation?' - a question which I didn't have any answer to. I kept playing before I got my first break in 1996; those five years were indeed frustrating.

When you're a kid, you dream about playing cricket for a living, playing for your county and then your country.

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?

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.

It was only after I made my Duleep Trophy debut did I think I had a realistic chance to play for India. I scored a double hundred, and I realised that I had the potential to play for my country because I played the best bowlers in the country at that time.

I was actually a top-order batsman when I played league cricket in Tamil Nadu. When I made my Ranji debut, I had to bat down the order.

I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.

I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad.

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

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.

As a cricketer, everybody has a dream to play for your country.

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.

My dream is to play Test cricket.

I have already established myself as Stuart Binny. I want to be known as a good player who served Karnataka cricket for more than a decade and also played Test cricket for country.

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.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

I have had to work hard to get in the starting XI for England.

I have played 20 years of international cricket for Pakistan and not the PCB.

Getting to the national team is very complicated.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

It's a goal to get myself in the squad for the World Cup.

It was a great feeling to be included in the Indian Test squad. I always wanted to be a part of the Indian Test squad, and it was more like a dream come true for me.

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.