I never allow myself to be pressured.

If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.

Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.

The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.

One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the Under-16 or the Under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side.