From mid-day.com:

• On why he gave up the Indian captaincy:

I felt we were not all heading in the right direction and it was affecting me as a person. Even ten days after a match I would still be thinking about why this happened and why that happened, and it started affecting me as a person. Also, I felt there was lack of support from every direction.

• On not seeing eye-to-eye with the selectors:

I was not happy with the selectors at all. It just didn’t work out. They had different ideas, I had different ideas. The only thing is, I had to go in there and play with their ideas.

• On talk that he is batting too cautiously:

I really don’t know how to put it across, because I can never make everyone happy.

If I play a big shot and get out, some people will say, what’s the need to do that when there are so many strokeplayers around, can’t he just try to play 50 overs? I feel I should play the way I think I should play.