I have always maintained that if you work hard, it wont go waste, as recognition will come to you at some stage, whether in studies or sports. You need to have good intentions and intent to move ahead in life as well as in sports.

For a batsman, scoring runs abroad is always a challenge.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

I will never date an actor or a model. My family will never accept her. We are a middle class family, and an actress will never be able to gel with us.

We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.

I don't compete with others, but compete with myself.

My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me.