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While he considers his idol Sachin Tendulkar's skills as a cricketer in a different league, his is a case of pure hard work. "I knew I wasn't the most skilled sportsperson
when I came in but only constant thing has been working on myself. If Indian team has to be the best in the world, it needs to go about in a certain manner." "When we came back
from Australia in 2012, I saw a gap (between us and Australia). I realised, if we don't change the way we are playing, training or eating, we can't compete with best in the world.
"No point in competing if you don't want to be the best. I wanted to be the best version of myself and then based everything around that vision, my approach to the game
changed," he said.