5 greatest quotes by an Indian cricketer
Indian cricket, over the years, has been a scene of several incidents. Reactions to those incidents have been different, in different cases.
Some have been open about it, some have found ways to describe them, and some others have simply chosen to remain mum about it.
Here are five instances when Indian cricketers came up with the best replies when asked about a particular query.
Note: The instances are views of the author alone. Several other quotes have also been said that have been equally impactful
5.MS Dhoni on the day of his Test retirement
No one saw it coming. Neither his teammates nor the opposition. Even the media, who seem to gather inside information from all corners, could not see MS Dhoni quit Test cricket in the middle of a series and walk away.
But that is how it panned out on the 30th of December 2014, when the wicket-keeper batsman called it quits from the longest format of the game.
His final press-conference turned out to be a post-mortem of the Test, and his final quote, however, symbolised anything but that.
When asked about why he thought there was such a vast difference in the lower-order batting between India and Australia, he replied,
"Now even PETA has said that you can't cosmetically remove the tail"