Inzamam-ul-Haq

The 2005 Test tour to India was special, as I captained and we won at Bangalore, and it was a great tour for us, and even winning against India at Lahore in 2004 was a memorable day for me.

We can't take such unfair criticism. It would be difficult for me to continue as captain if this unhealthy trend of demoralising the team after a few bad performances continues.

Any team can't give top performance all year round.

I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I would obviously like to do it justice and keep performing well. The day I stop performing will be the day I happily relinquish the role.

The thing that forced me to think about my retirement was that I had played my cricket with honour and distinction, and I did not want to put myself in a position where I was considered a liability or unwanted by the selectors.

If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.

It is when your team is losing that the captain has to keep the players together. He has to fight for them.

It's important what you can do for your team. Even if you score 30-40, if it contributes to team's victory, then it is always memorable.

Every team goes through a lean patch.

Cricket is a team game. No individual can just say he can win it on his own.

A tour to India is different from other tours. The expectations to win are very high from our own people, and defeats and poor performances are not forgotten easily.

Besides being a sportsman, I am also a human being.