Dinesh Karthik Quotes

When you create pressure in the previous over for your partner to strike, it is sometimes as satisfying as picking up a wicket yourself.

When a bowler comes on you want to put him under pressure. He might not allow you to do that but find a way.

As a bowler, there are times when you do not get wickets, and you don't have the numbers to show against your name. But never has the thought crossed my mind that I am not a confident bowler and the wickets are not coming my way.

If you bowl well early in the innings, it is also important to finish well.

Unless someone wants to look funny, I'll not recommend anyone to copy my bowling action. But on a serious note, with the confidence that I have got from the amount of runs I have been scoring, when I'm thrown the ball to bowl, I am pretty sure of what I have to do. I may not be the most attractive to watch while bowling, but I can be effective.

I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

When you've got a team who are making a concerted effort to make a batsman feel uncomfortable it can look pretty ordinary.

My outlook is that when you're under pressure then that is when you play your best cricket. You've got no choice but to perform to keep your place and I find that brings out the best in me.

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

I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get wickets.

In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class.

I don't think any bowler can trouble me much.

The way you get wickets is, you've got to build pressure.

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

Bowlers have to accept they will go for runs sometimes.

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

I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.

Standing at the end of your run with the ball in your hand preparing to bowl the first ball of an Ashes series is an amazing feeling.

I think one of the important things around tournaments and qualifying tournaments is the jeopardy around it.

A tour to India is different from other tours. The expectations to win are very high from our own people, and defeats and poor performances are not forgotten easily.

The pressure of an India-Pakistan game is immense.

Every ball matters - if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you've gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game?

The play-offs are a great occasion to be involved in; the semi-finals were amazing. When you're in it it's special and you do enjoy it but if you are in it, you have to win it. It's a lot of pressure.

The one thing about professional sport is it's all about results, and at the end of the day, if someone is employing you and you're not scoring runs or you're not taking wickets, they ain't going to carry on doing it, and there's no any other way of saying that; that's unfortunately the ruthless business of professional sport.