A Quote by Yuzvendra Chahal

I don't like bowling on turning wickets because on turning wickets, most balls would just beat the batsmen. On flat wickets you can plan - when to bowl sliders, when to bowl googly.
You can be in India bowling at 90mph and it doesn't matter because the wickets are flat and the batsmen are really good.
If you are bowling well and not getting wickets, it's not a big issue. Sometimes I am economical, but not getting enough wickets. But if I am not bowling well and not getting wickets, then it's a disturbing thing.
Sri Lankan wickets may not be conducive for fast bowling, but it doesn't mean that the quicks can't get wickets there.
I was practising with wet rubber balls just to get my reaction right, my hand-eye co-ordination right. Because sometimes wickets are softer, two-paced wickets, it helps to practise with a tennis ball.
You need wickets to be brave. When you get wickets, you can try anything. But when you don't, you always hesitate to try a few things because it is not always about giving runs and getting wickets.
You can't bowl fast on flat wickets and you need to give it loop so that the ball takes turn.
Dot balls help build pressure, so even if you are not getting wickets, somebody from the other end is getting wickets, and the job is done.
I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.
The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.
If you win one or two matches at home on good wickets, on grassy wickets, you'll develop confidence automatically.
In fact, I prefer flat wickets, for it gives our batsmen a chance to post big totals.
I love bowling on flat wickets with a bit of bounce. That personally suits my game.
I like to take wickets and see wickets and chances and I think in T20 cricket you have to risk a boundary to take a wicket.
I don't need to run in and bowl 90mph every spell to get wickets.
If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.
It is a cliche to say that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test and it is the bowlers who get you the 20 wickets.
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