“There will be times in South Africa when we will be challenged as a team. We have to stand up to that.”

Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball.

I’m learning from my past mistakes and trying to correct them as I move forward. Experience at the international level has probably taught me what it takes to probably go out there and get a 100 or to build an innings or to win a game.

No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there’s no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.

Seeing off the new ball is important for me. I know that once I do that, the only way I could get out could be from my own mistake.

People are impatient. They want things to happen overnight, and have no idea of the circumstances and situations that can surround an individual at times.

Ganesh Chaturti has always been one of my favourite festivals since I was a kid!

My job is to help Virat in the field. He is the captain, and whenever he looks up around, I should be around to complement him and help him as much as I could.

Isn’t blue such a good color? Let’s try and keep it that way.

There are things we control – but things that are not in control, no point wasting time and energy into that.

In the IPL, you are often single-handedly responsible for the fortunes of your team. It makes you more responsible as a player.

It feels amazing to be a part of the rhino conservation story in India.

Pride, love and passion for India.

Your wings already exist, you just have to fly.

Nothing better than connecting with nature on a rest day.

The echo of the bat, the laces through the ball, the match-winning ace and the one-punch knockout, 2020 has thrown a curve-ball at us. But we’re coming back. Coming back stronger.

Of course I like to watch myself bat. After every innings, match, series, I do watch my own videos whenever I get the time.

It’s a challenge for all quarterbacks, though: You want to make the big play; you want to throw a touchdown every single play. But at the same time, you have to know that it’s a process.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It’s how you pick yourself up that’s the real challenge. Isn’t it?

It’s challenging to open for someone: You’ve got to prep the audience, get them in the mood, and get their attention if they don’t know you. You’re going to show them what songs you’ve got. You’ve got to leave your mark.

Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.

I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged.

As a woman, it’s challenging to carve out moments for self-care, and even more so over the past year.

When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.

Like the mountain, she rises above every challenge, every mistake, every heartbreak.