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When Pankaj Singh cleaned up Delhis Sumit Narwal on Tuesday, he became the fourth Indian fast bowler to reach 400 wickets in first-class cricket. Pankaj is behind Madan Lal, Debasish Mohanty and R Vinay Kumar. Pankaj also became Rajasthans highest wicket-taker, having surpassed Kailash Gattani, who finished with 395 wickets. At 35, Pankajs drive remains as strong as ever. He took time off to chat with ESPNcricinfo on certain important moments in his domestic career.The most memorable domestic wicket My 200th wicket, when I got Piyush Chawla against Uttar Pradesh in the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy. I value this wicket because I had to work really hard to get to that milestone. I had to bowl nearly 60-plus overs to get there. In the previous match, against Railways, I went wicketless having bowled 38 overs. Against UP I was frustrated as catches were dropped off my bowling. Eventually when Piyush was nearing the 90s, I got him caught and bowled. But I had to bowl almost 30 overs to break the barren spell.The toughest domestic batsman Rohit Sharma. I have played at least four to five matches in domestic cricket against Rohit and have got him a couple of times. He plays all the shots. You dont have the room to just bowl at a certain pace and restrict him. You just have to keep bowling outswing, outswing and then hope to surprise him by pitching an in-cutter. But once he settles he is very difficult to get out and he scores very quickly.The best spell In the quarter-finals, against Mumbai, in Jaipur in the 2010-11 Ranji season when we won the title for the first time. Mumbai elected to bat. I got three top-order batsmen in my first spell: Sahil Kukreja, Omkar Gurav and Rohit. We had never even taken first-innings lead against Mumbai, at least in my career till then. Mumbai were firm favourites and had fielded their best eleven which also included Ajit Agarkar, Wasim Jaffer, Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane) and Ramesh Powar. So I took the challenge upon me that we had to win somehow.The favourite mode of dismissal? Pitching on middle and hitting the top of the off stump. It does not happen too many times, but I love to do that.The toughest spell in domestic cricket Against Maharashtra last year in Pune. I rate this toughest because I did not succeed. We made 250-odd (270) after being asked to bat. I bowled 27 overs on the second day. That was the maximum I had bowled in any Ranji match in a day. We had Maharashtra in trouble at 124 for 6, but [Shrikant] Mundhe and [Chirag] Khurana rescued them. Usually I back myself in such situations to take a wicket. It was the first time I was unable to do anything. Khurana even hit me for a six in the last over of the day. I was exhausted in the end. Maharashtra won with a bonus point.The best domestic fast bowler in your time Vinay Kumar. I like the way he bowls aggressively, how he uses all his skills and works out his wickets. I bowl quite similar to him. You can feel his presence at all time. I also like his attitude and he is the best in the present era in domestic cricket.The most favourite pitch in India SMS [Sawai Madhopur Stadium, Jaipur] and MohaliThe best compliment you got in domestic cricket Recently after I got him out in Duleep Trophy, Yuvraj Singh told me I was the best bowler in domestic cricket.The one skill needed for a fast bowler to survive for such a long time and perform in domestic cricket Accuracy.The goal you are after now To play once again for India. Adidas NHL Jerseys 2020 . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Jermaine Marrow Jersey . 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Europe should be favourites for the Ryder Cup -- but have found a winning formula by portraying themselves as underdogs.That is the opinion of one of golfs foremost performance psychologists, Dr. Bob Rotella, as the build-up to next weeks contest at Hazeltine intensifies.Europe have won the last three matches and six of the last seven, despite facing United States teams laden with players ranked among the highest in the world.And once again the US are the most heavily backed, with home advantage, more top-20 players and fewer rookies all perceived to be factors in their favour.But, as Rotella points out, that can count for little if the team ethos is not correct.For some reason we keep individual records of players achievements in the Ryder Cup, but all that really matters is did the team win, Rotella told the Press Association.If you go undefeated as an individual and your team loses, nobody cares. If you lose all your matches and your team win, it doesnt matter. You have to get guys to forget about their individual records.Europe have dominated it but every time Europe somehow manage to be presented as if they are the underdogs and America are supposed to win. I dont know where the logic in that comes from.So, I am sure Europe will continue to try to convince everybody they are the underdogs, even though they have won a bunch of them, and I am sure America will try to figure out a way to take the pressure off themselves and convince people that Europe should win.In this regard the role of the captain is crucial and Rotella expects Europes Darren Clarke and US counterpart Davis Love to be thorough in their approach.Rotella knows the pair well as they are among scores of players he has worked with in more than three decades in elite golf. The American has helped deliver more than 80 major titles to players across the mens, womens and senior tours, with Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy and Graeme MMcDowell among the beneficiaries.ddddddddddddRotella, speaking as part of a promotion for Standard Life Investments, said: I have known Darren and Davis for years and am very close friends with both of them.Each of them will be trying to do everything possible to help their team win and it involves getting themselves in a great state of mind, getting themselves to believe in their teams, and then getting the team to believe in their leadership.That is ultimately what it is about and then we spend a lot of time just getting the head in the right place to play. A lot of these Ryder Cups are won by teams that cope the best.It is in this facet that the Americans often seem to have come unstuck, notably at Gleneagles two years ago when their failed quest culminated in a public row between captain Tom Watson and senior player Phil Mickelson.Rotella hopes the Americans respond to that scarring experience and deliver a more positive performance this time.He said: Was it something the captain failed to do or did the team just not buy into what he was trying to get them to do? The bottom line is it doesnt matter if you want to blame individuals or the captain - both sides all have to buy in.It certainly appeared that Paul McGinley and his team did a lot better job of buying in last time. He did an unbelievable job.I dont think anyone knows everything that went wrong with the US but it sure looked like they didnt get done what they needed to get done in terms of being a team. That is the kind of stuff that tends to happen when you lose a bunch of competitions in a row.I think it is a lot easier to get people to buy in when youve won but, on the other hand, I think with this American team, they have lost so many in recent years I think they are probably going to bond very closely. ' ' '