Indian opening batsman Sadagopan Ramesh is currently enjoying a short break from cricket before he picks up his bat again for the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association senior division league which commences on July 7. He talks to CricInfo's Sankhya Krishnan on his experiences in the game and his hopes for the future.

Sadagopan Ramesh

 On when he started believing he would play for India [Listen]
 On whether he was a natural opener [Listen]
 On his role models [Listen]
 On his Test debut in Chennai [Listen]
 On the tight finish in that game [Listen]
 On his experiences on Australian wickets [Listen]
 On Shoaib Akhtar vs Brett Lee [Listen]
 On whether he expects to be an automatic selection for      the next Test series vs Zimbabwe [Listen]
 On the difference in approach of an opener and a middle order bat [Listen]
 On his place in the one-day scheme of things [Listen]
 On his pulling out of the Bangalore Test against South Africa [Listen]
 On his inability to convert the 50's into 100's in onedayers [Listen]
 On his strengths [Listen]
 On his tendency to reach out outside off stump without moving his feet [Listen]
 On his most satisfying innings [Listen]