Imran Tahir Quotes

The way I am bowling at the death, it's all thanks to the IPL.

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

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international 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.

Yuzvendra Chahal, India's leg-spinner, is another IPL teammate. He's also a great guy and very funny.

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.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

There is no doubt that Nathan Lyon is a great spinner but so were Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Graeme Swann.

If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.

That is one of the great things about Test cricket, the ball. Sometimes it swings conventionally, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it reverses.

The IPL is a different ball game. Going there and playing in England against England is a different thing.

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

A good wrist spinner is a good wrist spinner against any opposition.

Playing with Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn, I am a very lucky guy. Not many people are going to attack those two, which means the batsmen will attack me. And if they attack me, there is always a chance I can get a wicket.

I am enjoying the experience of working with Mishra. For me, he is a world-class spinner.

Nothing comes close to the IPL, to be honest.

You see teams buy a lot of batsmen for a lot of money because they are good batsmen. But you also need good bowlers to get them out or contain the runs.

IPL is something... it's where we polish our skills and be in form, but ODI and T20I are totally different.

I was fortunate enough to interact with him when I played for RCB in IPL. I learnt from AB as to how he prepares for a game. I get amazed by the kind of strokes he hits and the time he has got to play those shots.

Wrist spinners have been successful in world cricket. Look at Shane Warne.

Test cricket is the ultimate challenge.

Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to do a fraction, up or down or side to side, and you get someone out.

Legspinners are exciting characters.

I totally enjoyed playing in Australia. I think they play very tough cricket, and the brand of cricket they play is very strong.