Gautam Gambhir Quotes

I enjoy wicket-keeping in the shorter format. I think when we are bowling first, it gives me an idea of how the wicket is behaving.

There are very rare occasions when you get a good wicket to bat on, but whatever wicket you get, you have to play at least 20 overs for your side.

During the peak of my career, I used to pick the ball as soon it was released from the bowler's hands. And I hit the ball through the line.

In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India, it does not bounce and finds the middle of the bat and goes flying to point or extra cover for four.

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

If you don't have bounce on the pitch, even a spinner cannot come handy.

It is scary when bowling how hard batsmen hit it now.

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.

As a bowler I think I am more wicket-based than some.

When you are bowling with a new ball, there are only two fielders outside the circle. With the old ball, batsmen don't care how many guys are outside the circle.

In Twenty20s, you have to bowl a lot fuller, especially at the death, and you've got to be mindful of what you're doing. But it's still cricket.

If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.

I never look to contain. I always try and take wickets.

Bowlers have to accept they will go for runs sometimes.

The thing I've got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the right area that will cause enough trouble.

I know my technique suits all sorts of wickets, so I just back myself.

Those first few overs are obviously the most difficult time because you don't know what the ball is going to do in the air and off the seam.

Sometimes what happens is you're not getting wickets; you're going for runs. You just want to get away.

I like to take wickets and see wickets and chances and I think in T20 cricket you have to risk a boundary to take a wicket.

I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!

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

There are many things that you just observe while watching Steyn. Just seeing him bowl is a great learning in itself.

Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock were my heroes, so I thought averaging 22 or 23 and taking five-wicket hauls was normal.