Modern Cricket Quotes

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.

Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It's gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.

Time has never really been an issue in Test cricket, especially in the modern game where things naturally move quicker than they have in the past.

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

We all know just bowling won't do in modern international cricket, and we have to contribute with the bat and as a fielder, too.

Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you keep asking them to run in again on a flat wicket, when partnerships get away from you, especially at the tail, which is one of the big differences in the modern game.

Pujara is not fashionable, he's very much old-fashioned - he's not great between the wickets and he's not a modern, extravagant, in-your-face character like Kohli, Dhawan or Pandya.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.

There's so much in favor of batsmen these days. Fields are small, two new balls, powerplays, bats have got bigger than they used to be, the list can go on.

It is a big challenge as a spinner to play modern day cricket, where you have to have five players in the circle.