A Quote by Suresh Raina

As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format. — © Suresh Raina
As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format.
I guess my game plan in ODI cricket is very set with the new ball and at the death. In Test cricket, you have to bowl longer and batsmen don't have to score as quickly. But at the same time, as a bowler, you can bring in some aspects of one format to the other format.
I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.
Test cricket is a different format, you have to adjust to five-day cricket.
If a player is playing IPL and earning money, it's not his fault that he's not playing for India. He is not quitting. He is playing first-class, one-day cricket and IPL. If selectors don't pick him, what can he do?
Playing Test cricket for one's country is the ultimate, but people are enjoying Twenty20 format because everything will be over within three hours.
I don't ever want it to be a question whether I'm a Pro Bowl-caliber player, I believe I'm the best at what I do, and it's my responsibility to play like I'm capable of playing and help this defense as much as possible.
I have always enjoyed playing cricket in every format and tried to produce my best and bring the best out of the national team.
I enjoy playing each and every format, but for me, Test cricket is at the paramount level because I feel everything is tested at that level.
Cricket has a stigma of old men in white clothes playing cricket but readdressing that image to people who aren't necessarily cricket lovers may go some way to making it cooler.
Sourav has got a huge role to play in Indian cricket and its success. I hope certainly that he gets back in there because he is a hell of a good player and he still has got too much to offer to Indian cricket.
When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.
At the start, when I started playing first-class cricket, I was a flamboyant player and I never used to take responsibility.
I was a flamboyant player when I started playing First Class cricket. I used to just back my instincts and go with the flow.
So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.
There are cricket-loving people here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I've enjoyed a lot playing in India in my cricketing career.
I will keep playing domestic cricket. I feel I am good enough to get back into the Indian team, and playing domestic cricket is the only way out. So I will keep playing.
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