"If you look at Indian team, I don’t think there is any need to give any suggestions because it’s the merit that matters. Whosoever performs gets picked. There is never an instance where somebody has not performed and got picked," Indian opener Virender Sehwag. "It (unfair selections) happens at lower levels and I have given […]

"If that’s the way that I or others, outside of what I’m thinking, decide (is) the right way to go, there’s absolutely no reason why that couldn’t happen," Australia skipper Ricky Ponting. "It has happened in the past with Australian teams. It is happening with other teams around the world right at the moment. "Paul […]

"The problem with the Pakistan team has always been that they tend to play as individuals but whenever they combine and play as a team they can beat any side in the world or win any major event in the world," former skipper Javed Miandad said. "If we can play with the same spirit and […]

"We will drill into the players that we want to go bigger and better, and that really does start from tomorrow," said Stand-in captain Paul Collingwood. "The responsibility is not just on my shoulders for that – all the players who have been involved in the Ashes and all the players from the outside have […]

"That’s probably the more pleasing thing, reaching a group like that and seeing the names that pop up there, particularly the four great all-rounders of the 80s (Hadlee, Botham, Dev and Khan)," Daniel Vettori said. "It’s a group that has always been quite exclusive so to think you’re one of only eight in the history […]

"Obviously we have looked at the mistakes that we committed and we are trying to rectify them. But I won’t say in public what those mistakes were," Sourav Ganguly said. "We want to do better then last time. Just like Deccan Chargers, who finished last in the first edition but won the trophy in IPL […]