Sourav Ganguly

IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.

In life when you get tested, when you get rejected by everyone and when you get pushed aside, you actually get the best out of it. That has been a learning curve for me.

Bangladesh, despite producing big upsets in the past, doesn't have the art of beating big teams consistently.

I have many, many fond memories of Yuvraj Singh. He started under my captaincy.

My memories of playing against Pakistan have been happy times for India.

When Virat Kohli plays, wherever you are you will come and watch that because he is playing. That is his impact. When you look at him, you will get to know that this man has a mission of making his team the best.

I didn't have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I'd played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I had always had an ambition to play the county game in England. And I was a bit jaded. And I didn't do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career.

It's my one aim, my dream to win a series overseas.

With high-profile jobs, comes pressure and competition.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

I think nobody has the right to talk about Sachin Tendulkar's game. It's just a phenomenon.

When you are successful, there is the pressure of performing consistently; when you are not, there is the pressure of coming back and doing well.