Shikhar Dhawan Quotes

Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.

For anyone, the most important thing is to play good, to perform good, to score goals for your team.

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

I had to go back and work on my bowling when I first came in. I was out of the team for three-four months before I came back into the ODI team again. I had to work on my bowling, which I did and the results are coming.

Obviously, you want to win a trophy and finish as high up the table as possible. But it's important to focus game-by-game.

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

Whenever I have played a game of cricket, whether it is under-16, under-19, or State level, my approach has been the same.

I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.

I think the most important thing is to play to help the team, winning the games - that is the main thing for me.

Hopefully, I can keep scoring more goals, make more assists, break more records and help my team, which is the most important thing.

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

Winning is the most important thing. You want to focus on the game and the team.

I want to score more goals, to play more games, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that the team wins. The other things come with that.

I have learned a lot playing in domestic first-class cricket: how to score runs, how to counter situations.

It's good to have competition and good for the club to have three strong goalkeepers.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

When I started playing cricket, I knew that my physique is not at all like a typical fast bowler. My body language is also different, and I am not aggressive by nature; thus, my focus was always on my skills.

The most important thing is that you find a way to bring your thoughts into the hearts of the players. The tactical details are important because they can make a big difference.

I always look to perform with the bat and the ball and do good for my team.

I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.

It's good when you score goals because you are helping your team. For yourself as well, it's good, but the most important thing is the strength of the team.

It won't matter who starts and who plays, the most important thing is the Egyptian national team and we will do our best.

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.