"Sachin Tendulkar is one batsman who is not easy to bowl to. Be it in nets or in the middle, he always bats as if he is playing a match. I am thankful to god that I play in his team. His experience is equal to my age," Ishant said.
"Other than Sachin and Ponting, my favourite batsmen are Matthew Hayden and Rahul Dravid," he said.
"I am trying to bowl at 100 mph but what is more important is which areas I hit. If you get that speed but the delivery is short- or over-pitched and ball goes across the boundary than there is no use of it.”
"Instead, if I bowl at 140-145 kph and swing it, batsmen could be in trouble," he told to a news channel.
"I know my limitations and try to be in my limits," he added.
"You should try in a match only what you have practiced in the nets. You should not try new things straightaway while playing for the country. "I was not a swing bowler but the one who would hit the deck and even today I try only that, but it is my good luck if ball gets movement," he said.
"Kirsten is a very nice coach. He understands the strength of each and every member of the team," Ishant said.
"Recently in Delhi, I had dropped Michael Clark and also could not bat as the night-watchman but Kirsten said ‘in last one year this is your first mistake. It was you bad day. Tomorrow will be a new day’.
"If your coach helps you come out of the bad phase, he is a good coach," he added.
About the England Tour, Ishant said, "I will try to repeat my performance against the Australia when I had picked wickets as required.
"We will use reverse swing weapon against England also. We’d used that against Aussies. You should know how to reverse swing if you are playing in the sub-continent," he said.
"In the sub-continent it is easy to bowl if you know reverse swing, you should know how to adapt to the conditions," he added.
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