Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.

I need at least two months to try and figure out where the centre of the bat is.

Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.

I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.

It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.

Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem.