Gautam Gambhir Quotes

I do not fear grassy tracks. Whether there is grass or not on the wicket, I am not worried.

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.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

The first thing that comes to the mind when you are touring South Africa is bouncy wickets. But that is no surety of what kind of pitch you would get in the game.

The Oval has always been a good batting track, and there's not much for the bowlers.

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.

I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.

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.

Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks.

The 'Natmeg' from England's Natalie Sciver attracted a lot of attention as a brilliant piece of improvisation, which requires every bit as much talent as a Tillakaratne Dilshan 'scoop,' or a Jos Buttler 'ramp' shot.

Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

Every wicket you play on is different.

The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

Growing up, I played on matting wickets. I always enjoyed the pace and bounce and somewhere that has a big role or big effect on your game.

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.

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

There are not too many leg-spinners in the world, and if you look closely, Mishra bhai will stand out as one of the best.

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.

In India, the wicket tends to get a bit slower once the ball gets old, but in England, it's pretty much the same whether it's new ball or old ball.

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.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

Leg spinners can change the game.

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