T20 is an unpredictable format, so you cannot rule out any team's chances.
T20 runs should only be a criteria to get selected for a T20 side. The moment you start picking players in the one-day format by their T20 performance, then you are giving your domestic 50-over competitions absolutely no relevance.
When I was out of India's T20 team, I did feel sad but at the same time got tremendous motivation within myself to do well and come back in the team.
If you look at Mohali, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, they host T20 games, IPL all in a year. That's the reason the crowd stays away from the Tests matches.
I work hard and I have a standard of excellence - and I expect everyone at the Interior Department to meet that same standard. I delegate a lot. I might appear to be doing a lot of different things, but there's a strong team helping me. I believe we're going to have the strongest team of any agency in the Obama administration.
After 114 Test matches, 228 ODIs, and 78 T20 Internationals, it is time for others to take over. I have had my turn, and to be honest, I am tired.
When I was in the T20 squad, I was the only one short of experience, everyone else had over 100 T20 caps.
People complain about too much T20. But the only recognised T20 in Europe is the Blast so if we are going to grow the game outside the U.K. it has to be everywhere.
You just need to go into matches with a clear plan in T20 cricket. If you go half-half, it's going to be really hard to come back.
I have bowled with the new ball before when I came into the Indian team in the T20 formats.
There is always a dream, for me, in the locker room before matches as well during the day. If you have a strong mind, a strong tendency to keep you strong, I think your dream is coming.
We have to work as a team, play as a team. This is how you win matches.
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.
When you have a team that has won for 20 years, the mentality is strong. When you don't play well, you still know you are a strong team.
I have led a few teams prior to the IPL, led in Mumbai T20 as well as DY Patil T20 tournament.
T20 may be fast, but still, you never plan for a T20 - the same way you don't plan for the other formats.