On taking up wicketkeeping: by plan or accident?
It wasn't planned you know. Any youngster coming up always has some
natural ability... I found more thrill in wicketkeeping and I was very
good with the soft ball...
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On his selection at 20 for the 1983 tour of the West Indies:
It wasn't a surprise because I was doing very well in domestic
cricket. I'd played a lot of matches till 1983 and got a big score
against UP that year. I was also doing very well in local cricket in
Bombay...
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On spending a long time in the team before actually playing:
It turned out to be brilliant actually. I always feel wicketkeepers
should wait for their opportunity. In 1983 I came to the Indian team
and waited three years to make my Test debut...
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On his splendid debut series in England and adjusting to the conditions
there:
I went to England for the first time in 1982 and played in the
Northern Lancashire league for a club called Barrow. That must have
helped me...
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On not getting a Test century:
Yeah, it was a disappointment but I never had an opportunity to go
as a nightwatchman or to bat before the No.7 position because we had
such a good team overall...
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On the dismissals he cherishes the most:
Martin Crowe in New Zealand in the 1992 World Cup and David Gower
in England (in 1990), these two dismissals showed the alertness ...
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On dropping Graham Gooch at 36 on his way to 333:
Yeah, I don't think there's any wicket keeper in the world who's
not dropped catches. You drop some catches, take some catches, but as
a keeper I always believe ...
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On the incident with Javed Miandad in the World Cup ?
It was a pressure game and we were doing very well...
He tried to imitate me and there were a few verbal exchanges.
Because of TV I think it looks big and it was quite popular
worldwide ...
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