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I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists could even figure out what I was doing, let alone try to imitate me.

I am an illusionist. That's why I create art.

It was only after I made my Duleep Trophy debut did I think I had a realistic chance to play for India. I scored a double hundred, and I realised that I had the potential to play for my country because I played the best bowlers in the country at that time.

I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.

I don't think I would have made it as a cricketer.

Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.

My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

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