I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.
It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.
When my ban was relaxed I began playing club cricket. Imagine, for a person who had played at Lord's, to play with a club team who didn't have proper kit against another club team in Lahore.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
If a player is playing IPL and earning money, it's not his fault that he's not playing for India. He is not quitting. He is playing first-class, one-day cricket and IPL. If selectors don't pick him, what can he do?
Personally, I don't think IPL is very tough.
Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.
With tournaments such as the Women's Big Bash and the Kia Super League, women are now well practised in the art of big strokeplay.
I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.
I want to be associated with a show related to cricket as I'm proud of India playing the sport at an international level.
I wanted to be a cricketer.
IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.
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'm going to give international cricket one more crack. The Pakistan job seems like a perfect fit.
Nothing comes close to the IPL, to be honest.
Not many people know this about me, but my first passion in life was cricket.
One thing about our country that is constant is cricket.
