A coach is a mentor to a team. He is a friend and an elder buddy.
The BCCI press release explains the duties of new India coach Ravi Shastri
I am tweeting like you but why are you fielding like me?
Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan responds to Yuvraj Singh's jibe about becoming a more frequent user of the social media service
I don't think even ICC understands the D/L method
MS Dhoni says what many suspect
I was in a lift and was asked if I would put my hat in the ring. I said, "India can't afford me" - tongue in cheek!
Shane Warne tweets about the India coaching job
He reminds me of a newly born giraffe.
Commentator Matthew Hayden after watching Ishant Sharma repeatedly slip during his run-up
Can you imagine Pollard playing the Dilscoop… showing his r-a-n-g-e, range?
Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar makes sure no one can mistake his saying "range" for "brains" this time, when describing a Kieron Pollard shot.
Youngsters watching the IPL might give up on idli or dosa for breakfast. Just eat Uthappa, and you might smash them a long way.
Ravi Shastri thinks of the South Indian snack uthappam when he sees Robin Uthappa bat
Where's your hanky, love?
Danny Morrison, on commentary, poses a question of a tearful RCB fan as she watches her team collapse to the lowest IPL total ever, 49 all out
I can only speak for myself. I'm already very dark and I don't want to get any darker.
R Ashwin on the abundance of beards in the Indian dressing room
Suryakumar Yadav is offering me dance tips in exchange of batting tips. One other gentleman has quietly told me never to dance again.
Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, on the ribbing he received from his team-mates after dancing in a commercial
I hate wearing heels and also because when I wear heels I am taller than Dinesh.
Squash player Dipika Pallikal, the wife of Dinesh Karthik, on preferring flats
I'll celebrate with two bats.
Man of the Series for the India-Australia Tests, Ravindra Jadeja is asked how he'll up his sword-wielding celebration when he gets a hundred
Look, I am not sure he knows how to spell the word.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland takes a dig at Virat Kohli when asked if the Indian captain should say sorry to Steven Smith for suggesting that Australia broke DRS protocols more than once during the Bengaluru Test
I told Matt Renshaw when he was batting in the first innings that if they didn't score big, I'll have them for soup and dessert.
Offspinner R Ashwin on the on-field interactions between India and Australia
Can you imagine that this will be the first monetary benefit I will be getting in my entire career?
Shanta Rangaswamy, India's first Women's captain, on receiving a lifetime achievement award from the BCCI
I have forgiven Dhoni. I pray to God to forgive him for his evil against my son Yuvi.
Yograj Singh, the father of Yuvraj, is in a benevolent mood after his son and MS Dhoni added a match-winning 256 against England in the Cuttack ODI
A bit of sunburn, probably, to be honest.
Ben Stokes on what England could take away from the third day's play in Chennai after they were again stalled by India's batting
I can't bring the sword to the ground, so I do it with the bat.
Why Ravindra Jadeja celebrates his batting milestones in a martial-arty way
I think he thought I was Superman or something.
Virat Kohli remembers a fan asking to touch his hands and then reacting as if he had been hit by an electrical current
They are still in a Diwali mood. They keep giving gifts.
Sunil Gavaskar remarks on the number of catches India dropped in the first innings against England in Rajkot
I'm very well and don't even need Viagra at 78.
Farokh Engineer confirms that rumours of his death are greatly exaggerated
First find someone who is good enough to tie his shoelaces.
Ravi Shastri doesn't think MS Dhoni can be replaced in India's one-day team just yet
With global warming, sun is a lot stronger nowadays.
Sunil Gavaskar explains the increasing use of comfort breaks in cricket today
Kohli killed us softly, is the nicest way of describing it, after scoring about 120 singles.
New Zealand coach Mike Hesson on Virat Kohli's double-hundred against his team in Indore
Maybe Clarrie Grimmett was a nicer man than I am.
R Ashwin on the two rain-affected Tests that denied him the record of being the fastest to 200 Test wickets
Even when we were in the Indian team, the phone calls meant for him would be routed to my room and vice-versa. So, we decided to have a single room later on
MSK Prasad, India's new chairman of selectors, after some media outlets had mixed up his name with Venkatesh Prasad's
I am 100% method, 80% skill and 150% madness
R Ashwin on being a "cricket tragic" and what makes him successful
Shoaib was always very muscular and strong and even hugging him or shaking hands with him could be painful for other players.
Inzamam-ul-Haq is not surprised by Harbhajan Singh's claims that Shoaib Akhtar beat him and Yuvraj Singh up in a hotel room in Rawalpindi during India's tour to Pakistan in 2003-04
My advice to Ravi is that when the coach of India is selected, he should be in front of the committee and not sit in Bangkok and give a presentation while on a holiday.
Sourav Ganguly responds to Ravi Shastri's comments that he found it "disrespectful" that Ganguly hadn't attended his interview despite being a member of the panel appointed to find India's new coach
It's very bright and glows like radium.
Indian bowler Mohammed Shami describes the pink ball after using it in a club game
I reckon that until I scored a 50 in my first game the people thought I was the team physio. After the 50 though, it went crazy, with fans wanting photos, autographs and shirts.
Kent wicketkeeper Sam Billings on his first experience playing in the IPL
I'll have no job left if the toss is done away with.
Ravi Shastri worries about redundancy
When the moment is important, Ravi Shastri is the last one to back away. So if you're asking if my hat is in the ring, it is in there. Maybe three hats!
Ravi Shastri will refer to himself in third person if that will get him noticed for the India coaching job
I wish it was an Indian media person. Then I would have asked if he has a son or brother who is a wicketkeeper
MS Dhoni's banter with an Australian journalist when the latter asked if he would continue playing after India's World T20 exit
I gave him a cheeky idea to try a mankad in the end. We might have taken flak, but why not?
R Ashwin on his message to Hardik Pandya during the final over of Bangladesh's tense chase in Bangalore
I'm not getting rid of myself so soon. Bangladesh will have to face me more often than not.
MS Dhoni on whether the Asia Cup final will be his last appearance in Bangladesh
In the last two years I have started speaking more confidently and that's because of WhatsApp
India allrounder Hardik Pandya on how he sharpened his English-speaking skills
They are disappointed. Don't you have an upset stomach sometimes?
India team director Ravi Shastri on being repeatedly asked about the performances of experienced bowlers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav in Australia
There will be conflict of interest if I start reviewing my performance. You will have to put a PIL to judge my performance as the skipper.
MS Dhoni declines to analyse his performance and his future
If I tell Hazel, "We're three down for 30", she'll probably say, "That's great".
Yuvraj Singh says his fiancée, Hazel Keech, knows very little about cricket