Prithvi Shaw Quotes

Before I made my Test debut, I had played nearly nine years of first-class cricket.

Ranji Trophy is a great experience for youngsters.

I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is a blessing.

I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.

When I came to Under-19, I played a lot of cricket and got a lot of experience. Then India A as well, and Ranji Trophy - it just keeps going on.

It's not that I don't like cricket. I have played first class cricket and represented Delhi in the Ranji Trophy as a spinner, but at the same time my inclination to become an actor was very strong.

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

It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.

People forget that I have grown up playing on Indian tracks and have bowled huge number of overs on unresponsive Indian tracks.

I was actually a top-order batsman when I played league cricket in Tamil Nadu. When I made my Ranji debut, I had to bat down the order.

I would love to be part of a Ranji Trophy-winning Kerala side.

The biggest difference at the Ranji Trophy level is that of the pace you face. You don't get as many quick bowlers at the Under-19 level.

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of people around me. All the people in front of me had was experience but, talent-wise, I easily could get in.

Every game is different, and there is no easy game at international level.

There's a very practical reason why Pete Sampras, for example, makes a lot more money than Martina Hingis does. He's much, much better than she is.

You have better players and teams in England, and for myself, it is better to play in a better league against better players.

My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

I've been playing cricket for quite a long time all over the world, and all the situations I have been in have given me confidence.

I have enough confidence at the moment to say that I have the potential to play at the same level as Arjen Robben or Franck Ribery.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and ODIs for my country, and my keeping has improved a lot.

The difference between first-class cricket and international cricket isn't skill, it's attitude and the way you go about things.

In domestic cricket - whether it is Ranji Trophy or other first class matches - in the first year, not many opponents will know about your game, but by the time you are into the third or fourth year, the opponents would have found out your strengths and weaknesses, and they will work on it.

Many England girls have grown up playing men's cricket and trained in county men's academies, so they've faced 70-80 mph bowling. So when it comes to the women's game you have a 75mph bowler who's not as tall and not getting as much bounce, you feel more assured.