the world cup and that too after decades we know what we went through and when such talks happen it doesnt feel so good ask him if such rumours make the team mull over them in the locker room and raina says no we have better things to talk about we dont pay much heed to such talks we discuss our games or we chill out we talk of things which boosts our morale and not things which would affect our performance talking enthusiastically about cricket raina says hes very happy about youngsters joining the team people are saying that sachin should retire but i feel why should he hes more fit than most of us youngsters im really glad that we are getting youngsters to play in the team i count myself so lucky to be playing with such stalwarts like rahul dravid and sachin and its really good that these youngsters too are getting an opportunity to learn so much from them id love it if more and more players from up would get a chance in the team talking of his home state raina is worried about the lack of sports facilities in uttar pradesh its really sad that all this talent is going waste and not getting any proper opportunity i know how much i have struggled to make it this far logon ko dekh ke bahot achha lagta hai ki ipl player hai ghar hai gaadi hai magar mujhse koi poochhe ki main kaise yahan tak pahuncha hoon i remember in the college hostel in the first year maine bahot maar khayi hai khoob pitayi karte the seniors there used to be a lot of ragging ive washed so many clothes i dont even remember even after that it took a lot of struggle to be able to make it to the national team id count myself as a lucky one says he talking more about it raina says when i was playing at the state level there had been a coaching camp organized which cost rs 10000 my brother urged me to join it to make my game better but i couldnt because my father used to get paid rs 10000 and if id paid that as my cricket coaching fees toh ghar kaise chalta isi tarah mere jaise bahot players hain who play much better than i do who are more talented but have no opportunities or facilities which would exploit their talent there are so many players who have committed suicide in frustration there used to be my team mate from kanpur who killed himself because he didnt have money to marry off his sister we have people in the team from other states who are from very poor families but have got a chance to play for the country kisi ka father truck driver hai kisi ka paan wala but sab khel rahe hain aur achha khel rahe hain continuing on the same note raina says it would be very nice