00:00You often been described as one of the unluckiest cricketers for India.
00:04Do you feel you were underutilized at the international level?
00:07See, obviously injury has played a major part in my cricketing journey
00:14which has halted me a couple of times in my growth.
00:19But hearing the word unlucky, I don't agree with that.
00:26It's just that an opportunity was not given at the right time
00:31or the support which I was needed during my playing days which was not there.
00:36That will not be considered as unluckiest cricketer.
00:39Or maybe even I got injured a couple of times during my peak time.
00:43Obviously that hurts but I will not describe those moments as unluckiest
00:48or not the one who have been very lucky with his journey.
00:53I see life in a different perspective.
00:55I believe I have given everything and God has been kind.
01:01And people who have helped me in my growth, they have also been very kind to me.
01:07Your question obviously coming back to I was not given my due in my international league career.
01:14Well, long story keeping it short if I have to tell that.
01:18See, after scoring 100 in the last Monday International against West Indies in Chennai,
01:26where I got Man of the Match award.
01:28And that moment when I celebrated, the thought which was running into my mind was that now I am very happy, satisfied.
01:38Now I have proven to myself and also the people who are constantly asking me the question or pointing fingers at me.
01:46So I was at my peak as far as confidence is concerned.
01:50In a person's life or a cricketer's life or a sportsman's life, confidence is something which no one should break that confidence when someone is on high.
02:03So yeah, I believe that my confidence was shattered at that point of time, but that's the way it is.
02:09Life is such that not everything you want or you wish you will get it.
02:14This was something which I never expected to happen, but it happened.
02:19Yeah, I've taken that as well as learnings in life and I moved forward and it's been quite a long time now.
02:28So I'm all okay.
02:30That's why I said that I have no complaints as such.
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