The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

In the space of one delivery so much had changed. My confidence was sky-high. I was pumped up and rock'n'rolling.

There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasnt even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.

With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up.

I think when two people get together, their past is their past. Their reputations are reputations. You can only take someone the way you find them... on face value. I think that was how we were both, the way we were.

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