I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.
IPL is a T20 franchise tournament combining cricket and Bollywood to offer entertainment.
In T20, even when you are in form and you feel like you are making good contributions, you are going to only face 30 or maximum 40 balls in the position where I bat in the middle order.
I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.
If you are going to introduce cricket to other countries then I think T20 is the format with which to do it - it's a great entry level into the sport and easy to pick up.
If you get out back-to-back in T20s, it proves costly.
T20 is the vehicle to make cricket a truly global game.
Since coming into T20s, I have improved a lot in the death overs.
Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.
Any spinner can change the game. It's been proven in T20 cricket.
With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.
I'm not saying the fact that I am the best T20 player. No! I know where I stand.
Franchise T20 competitions are great and the skill level is very high, but playing for your country is a huge honour and T20 is so popular that it should be recognised as an international game.
Wherever we play, the batsmen have bigger responsibility in ODI and T20 formats to set up big targets and give that cushion to bowlers.
The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.
Even though I am someone who played one-dayers more, I have equally prepared hard for the T20 format too.
