“What's more important is, rather than looking at it from a commercial ...” — MS Dhoni Quote

What's more important is, rather than looking at it from a commercial point of view, what we have to make sure is, where there's existence of the sport, it keeps on increasing there, and at the same time, you look at some of the other countries where there's the prospect of playing cricket.

If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.

We have to understand that the five-day format has its own uncertainties, unlike ODIs or T20s. In ODIs, you know that you have to field for 50 overs only, while in Test cricket, there may be a situation that a team might bat for one-and-a-half to two days.

For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.

I've always had an interest in the media, I love cricket, so why wouldn't I want to be around it?

From playing cricket in a boys team I had to learn quite quickly how to handle them and I've always felt quite comfortable in that environment. Because I feel comfortable, I'd like to think they do too.

Cricket can produce some amazing feelings on the field and I have been lucky enough to experience a few along the way.

In all my years of cricket, I've given hundreds of interviews and done dozens of TV shows, but what you will read in my memoir are the stories and thoughts I've never shared openly.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.