A perfect smile is too often missing from the faces of the world. If cricket can provide more smiles, it is doing its job.

He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire. For the team he is the best available coaching manual.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.

A perfect smile is too often missing from the faces of the world. If cricket can provide more smiles, it is doing its job.