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It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn't do in international cricket, but that's how you learn.

I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery.

I have played cricket on my own terms.

If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.

I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.

You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.