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- Nov 07, 2020
Cricket Quotes
The game, from the boundary to the dressing room.
These are quotes from people who actually played or watched cricket at a high level - childhood memories of swinging for every ball, honest self-assessment of past innings, and admiration for rival teams' bowlers and batsmen. Pair it with Shayari.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 15, I went on a cricket tour of Zimbabwe with my school. My defining memory of it was stroking a semi-tame lioness at a game reserve. I grew up on a farm, so I felt I had an affinity with animals, and when it put a paw out, I thought I'd connected with it. But its claws came out and nicked my leg. Then I did the most stupid thing: I ran.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no reason why one should believe you should leave out politicians in cricket or any sport for that matter. There are ways and means in which government can assist in the management and development of players.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, there are ups and downs in cricket always, but that's how you learn. I am too young, and what I constantly do is learn from my seniors. They have been in tough situations, and they know how to tackle them. I just keep learning.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a lot of my early cricket in Haridwar and Dehradun. But I just had to come to Delhi if I had to make a career out of it.
- Red
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have so far enjoyed my preparation with red ball cricket. The Duke ball swings a lot when you're here in England, and initially, when I started playing here with India A, I realized that the swing will come a lot into play in these conditions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know when I've been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It's not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for the spinners at the start and end of a cricket season.
- Nov 07, 2020