Virender Sehwag Quotes

I love to watch Rohit Sharma bat.

Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

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.

A bowler will always say it's a batsman's game.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

My role is to play out the full overs.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

Of course, every batsman gets out. I know that. It is almost inevitable that no matter what you do, you will get out at some point or the other.

If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.

Speed can't always get you wickets.

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

We have to understand that the five-day format has its own uncertainties, unlike ODIs or T20s. In ODIs, you know that you have to field for 50 overs only, while in Test cricket, there may be a situation that a team might bat for one-and-a-half to two days.

When I was growing up, I played a lot of ten- and 12-over games, and I would bat in the middle order. I got only ten-odd balls to face, and I tried to score as much as I could. I applied the same approach in domestic and international cricket, and people were appreciating my strike rate being more than 80 or 90 in Test cricket.

When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs.

I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.

In one-day internationals, the batsman is under pressure to get on with run-scoring and does not have the luxury of leaving too many deliveries.

People like Mo Ali, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, they are looking to take attack to the opposition and that's when they play their best.

In red ball cricket, with the field placements, you can look around, take your time, because you have five days to play, whereas in limited overs cricket, you have limited number of balls to play and score.

Fifty overs is a long time. It's a good challenge, and you have enough time to show your skills.

I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.

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.

I have been an aggressive batsman since my school days, and I play my game as such.

Running-between-the-wickets is the ability to convert ones into twos, twos into threes, and threes into fours. And to reach the wickets on time.

My favourite sport's cricket and one of the key things in cricket is to know when to declare.