Imran Tahir Quotes

Imran Tahir

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 27, 1979

The off spinner's job is to contain; for me, leg spinners need to have a bigger heart than anyone else because it is easy to blame them.

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In professional cricket, everybody wants to win.

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I am enjoying the experience of working with Mishra. For me, he is a world-class spinner.

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I have bowled with another leg-spinner in county cricket - Shahid Afridi. But he is a totally different bowler than Mishra. I have a lot of respect for Mishra.

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Losses are always hard to swallow, and every sportsperson has the same feeling.

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You have to just adjust to the conditions quickly because there is a big difference in 50-over and 20-over cricket, and if you back yourself, you will do well.

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If I want to hide myself from my limitations, then I don't want to play this game.

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One needs to have variations. You won't survive if you don't have one - especially playing in India, as they are good players of spin.

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According to me, a leg-spinner is such a character who, on his day, can win the match for you if he is bowling well and has the support of the captain and the coach.

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For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

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Legspinners are exciting characters.

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Abdul Qadir was my main role model. I just wanted to be like him because, for me, he was only guy who no one could read. He was that good. His passion, his love for legspin, was unique. He would create new things all the time: flippers, sliders, three to four kinds of googlies, legspinners, topspinners.

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The googly and the slider are my favourite type of deliveries, and I love it when batsmen try to cut or sweep me and, while attempting those strokes, get lbw or clean bowled.

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People think of me as well-travelled, but I had not been out of Pakistan until I was picked in the Under-19 squad in 1997. The flight went from Lahore to Karachi and then from Karachi to South Africa. It was my first time on a plane and my first trip overseas.

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My wife is a beautician, but the first time I did something to my hair was not through her.

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In 2004 in England, there was one catch that was very special to me. I was bowling in a league match, and the batsman hit the ball over my head. I had to run back to between mid-off and mid-on to take the catch, and I did.

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I am the kind of person who will give his best every single time. I cannot underperform unless I'm playing with kids. Actually, I'd probably still get angry if they try to hit me!

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One of my dreams was to win the World Cup.

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I don't want to just keep playing for the sake of playing. The day I realise I'm not good enough, I'll go. I want to play as long as I can - not just to make up the numbers but to play with utmost passion.

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I lost my parents, which is the toughest thing to overcome.

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