00:00I want to tell everyone thank you so much for coming out in numbers.
00:07I think it's great to see so many people for this event.
00:10I have been attending so many people in this event.
00:14So I have also a lovely, lovely, lovely and lively crowd here.
00:22Redu has all the stadium feeling.
00:25Thank you, thank you so much.
00:28And also, I mean, from Maydans of Cricket.
00:31I feel it's been a great journey.
00:34I have played all my local cricket.
00:37Whenever I was growing up, I played all my cricket in Bombay.
00:41I learnt so many things in Maydans of Cricket.
00:43And from there, going out, playing for the country,
00:46I think it's the biggest honour and pride for me to represent India
00:51and so many people at a bigger stage.
00:55And it gives me a lot of happiness.
00:58When everyone smiles, I smile.
01:01I feel very, very unfortunate that I never got an opportunity to play under my brother.
01:11I always wanted that when I am a captain of India,
01:15I will get an opportunity to play under him.
01:18But I never got an opportunity.
01:19But I saw him.
01:20I mean, behind the stumps, whenever I have played against him,
01:24he has been a very cool customer, very relaxed.
01:27And one thing I have learnt from him, when I have played against him,
01:31he is very relaxed in all the pressure situations.
01:34He is very cool, looks around the game, learns, see what's happening and then takes a call.
01:41Then, I think I made my India debut when Virat Bai was captain.
01:46I think Virat Bai is a very hard taskmaster.
01:49He pushes your limits.
01:52And he wants best.
01:54I mean, all the captains want the best from all the players.
01:57But he was full of energy on the field, off the field as well.
02:01And he was also different.
02:03All had same goal but he was also a little different.
02:06Then came Virat Bai, under whom I played a lot of cricket for IPL franchise as well and also eventually for India.
02:14I think he is someone who gets everyone comfortable around him.
02:18Inspiration for all the youngsters.
02:21I mean, everyone looks at all the captains.
02:25But he was built different.
02:27We could see him, we could feel him.
02:29His door was always open 24-7 for everyone to come.
02:33And that's different quality which I learnt from him and also from other two captains.
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