PRITHVI SHAW

If I get out when playing a shot which is not a part of my game, then it will be bad.

First six overs are important because if you put runs on board, it will take the pressure off the other batsmen.

Just in a matter of eight months to win the U-19 World Cup as captain and then make the Test team is quite unreal.

When I came to Under-19, I played a lot of cricket and got a lot of experience. Then India A as well, and Ranji Trophy - it just keeps going on.

It was my wish to play in the challenging conditions in Australia. I love the bounce there.

Personally, whichever ball is lose, I will smash that ball.

Each player wants to perform in every match he plays. Sometimes it happens; sometimes it doesn't. If I am not able to perform in a given match, I leave that behind.

It was a great feeling to score a century on Test debut. I got a lot of confidence.

When I made my IPL debut, I was nervous because there were people around me, and the cameras focused on me.

I think the more you practise batting, follow the drills, the better you get.

No one in the Indian team gave me tips, but I should be mature enough to grasp little things by watching them train and play.

My father didn't know about cricket. Then, one of my father's friend advised him to take me to a coaching camp.

Becoming World Cup captain, I can't express in words the feeling and thanks to everyone.

Whenever you play international cricket, there is always a challenge.

I don't want to think much about my injury in Australia. That phase is history.

Frankly, this is what you dream about - to get picked for the Test team. That's why you work hard and give it your best day in and day out.

For India, it is all about whatever number they want me to bat and not the other way round.

The IPL is a different ball game. Going there and playing in England against England is a different thing.

School cricket is where we all start. The journey of a cricketer starts from there, and it was the same for me.

If you look at any Mumbai guy, he starts to handle pressure at a very young age. Starts at the school level, then the pressure from parents, from the coaches.

Whatever games came my way, I tried to give my best, do whatever I could to win matches for the team, be it at the Ranji Trophy level, India A, IPL: this was always on my mind.

I am not a person who will think about the past.

I have learned a lot playing in domestic first-class cricket: how to score runs, how to counter situations.

Becoming captain of the World Cup team and winning it is something I can't express in words.

Every cricketer dreams of coming into the Indian side.