I want to keep on adding new skills to my armoury.
Jasprit Bumrah
As a bowler, you have to constantly have to learn new things, and that's been my main aim all the time.
Not chasing success, I want to focus on my process. If I do that, eventually everything gets sorted out.
Self-belief, I think, is my biggest strength. The mental toughness comes into play whenever the chips are down.
I'm not shy.
I used to play tennis ball cricket quite a lot before playing serious cricket. Over there, you bowl yorkers. That could be the reason I bowl yorkers.
I always wanted to play Test cricket, but people have only seen me in first-class cricket. I was always confident that, whenever I get a chance, I would be able to do well.
When you see the stumps flying, that's the best feeling.
It's always difficult when you bowl at the death.
Nowadays, with technology coming into cricket, people start to analyse, and if you only have one or two tricks, people will start to line you up.
Whenever I go to a new country, I always plan in advance. Before visiting the country, I have a look at a few videos: what works over there, what the home team does over there.
As a bunch, when you're getting wickets, it's always good. You can create pressure from both ends.
The things you do early on, people don't know, but once they start studying videos and know what to plan, they know what to expect. So you have to keep on evolving, and according to situations, you have to adapt, because if you are just a one-trick pony, that won't work for a long period of time.
You never know: anything can happen on any day.
I don't focus on what the experts are saying or not.
I have always taken care of my body.
I love bowling and could bowl, bowl, and bowl.
Bowlers have to adapt all the time.
Earlier, I only used to get the ball into right handers. Over the years, I have developed some variations, thanks to first-class cricket and IPL.
I look to learn from everyone.
It is always good to have a break. Whenever you return from the break, the hunger is back, the body is fresh, you are up and running in good spirit.
Nobody can bowl six out of six yorkers. So you have to mix your pace. You have to bowl bouncers, mix up the pace.
You never know when your chance will come. You have to be mentally prepared and be in best shape possible.
Confidence is not dented after one match. If it happens, then you don't deserve to play.
You can't be taking every opinion seriously.
If the team wants me to bowl first-change, I am happy to do that. If they want me to bowl with the new ball, I am happy to do that.
The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution, and what I can do for the team.
Back in 2014, I injured my left knee badly.
I try to keep things simple. Reading and analysing the wicket as soon as possible is important. Sometimes you run after wickets, but I focus on team goals - what the team wants me to do right now.
In practice, I don't only bowl yorker.
In white-ball cricket, things are different - over there, you outsmart the batsman, and over here in Test cricket, it's all about patience and consistency.
It's always better for the bowlers to stick to a line and length, and that helps you get wickets.
Whenever a plan works, it's a good feeling.
You bowl according to situations - whether at the death or at the beginning.
IPL has helped me tremendously.
My focus is to always enjoy and bowl good lines and lengths.
Every year, I learn something new at the IPL. It has shaped me as a cricketer.
England has the flattest wickets.
Lasith Malinga has been a great influence for me to bowl yorkers consistently.
I always try to keep calm.
I have learnt a lot from the Indian team.
I try to mix my pace and try to use yorkers.
I don't take praise or criticism seriously.
I am happy to bowl wherever my captain wants me to bowl. If he tells me to bowl upfront and be aggressive with the new ball, I am happy to do that.
When I made my First-Class debut, my first spell was of 10 overs. So I was always used to bowling lot of overs in Ranji Trophy, which always helps.
You don't get anything easy. You have to work for it.
You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session.
Learn from the mistake you made and go forward.
There is not a single cricketer who has not made a mistake.
As a bowler, my motto is not to get too excited and not to get too down after every match.
