If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success.

Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.

Today if I'm a cricketer it is because of Sachin Tendulkar. Else, I would never have picked up a bat. He's the reason behind me playing cricket

If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success.

I try to hit the ball along the ground, especially against fast bowlers. I also like the bat to come down in the right position and check if my body position is correct. If I'm really watching the ball carefully, then automatically I'm in a good position to hit it down the ground.

As for my batting, the best part about it is I have never changed it. I have never changed my thinking, I have never changed my batting style.

Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.