It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

The batsman does not always need to create big hits. He can hit a boundary, then pick up some singles and still gets nine runs. To avoid that, I need to plan in a way where he must look to hit wherever there is a fielder. That is what is called 'bowling to the field.'

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.

If Indians were not largehearted, they wouldn't have made so much of progress and delivered growth.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.