Captains have their own personalities and the best ones make players adapt to their thinking and methods.
In my days, I played under several captains, none of whom were alike.
In a side when you have 15 players there will always be times when there will be opinions that will be different. That is what is needed.
I don't want everyone toeing the same line. You have got to have discussions and someone might then think of a fresh strategy, which has to be encouraged.
Sometimes it might be the junior-most player in the team who may come up with a strategy which we hadn't even thought of and we need to bring that to the table.
In a tournament like the World Cup, you have got to be on top of your game every game.
The boss is the captain on the cricket field. I am in charge of the coaching staff. That's put into place. My job is to oversee things and see things go all right. Who cares who's the boss? At the end of the day, you win and to hell with it, yaar.
I firmly believe Test series should never be two Test matches, three is enough.
I believe that tours should be only three Tests. With the amount of these things that is taking place, you will find that once you go for five-Test match series, 80-90% of the times the home team will win and you will see teams going straight down after the third match.
If I have done a competent job, I should be respected for my competency.
We want Indian cricket to carry on.
Sometimes in the subcontinent you just need five batsmen.
When you play the game, you want your mind clear. You want to be able to focus inwards without a care in the world for anything outside.
My job is to do exactly that with every player - to put him in a frame of mind where he is thinking only about his role and he is thinking about the team he is playing for and, of course, the opposition which we always respect.
I like honeymoons. The more the merrier.
I focus on the present.
It's important to have the right mix of experience and youth.
The grade contracts of a Test player should be the highest.
An 'A' grade cricketer like Pujara should get a massive amount where he is not bothered whether he plays IPL or not.
What my endeavour is to see a happy Indian team playing cricket.
