To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator.
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.
My dad doesn't know that much about cricket, but he has watched so many years of cricket.
I don't see myself as a father figure but as someone who the younger players can come to and talk to about cricket. Not just batting but cricket in general and I am ready to impart with any information or advice I have.
Indians are great lovers of cricket, they have always been that as far as I can remember - great followers of the game and have knowledge about the game.
In India, you need to look intense to be classified a good cricketing brain.
I don't think cricket is a game that people who have never played or been involved in understand the excitement. It's a game that is full of excitement, because cricket lovers follow the game and understand the basic principles and rules. They become connoisseurs of the game.
In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.
I've played my whole life for Delhi; I know what is good or bad for Delhi cricket.
Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
