Indian T20I opener Abhishek Sharma has credited the role of Yuvraj Singh in his evolution as a batter. The 25-year-old said that he was struggling a bit before he approached the former India all rounder for help.
The southpaw revealed that Yuvraj told him during the lockdown that he was preparing him to win matches for India and told him that he would win games for India in two to three years’ time.
“I am very grateful. During the lockdown we would have camps at his place. Me, Shubman, Prabhsimran, Anmolpreet. Basically I needed it. We were going on a flight and I asked him if we could have a camp for a few days. He told yes right away. I was struggling a bit at that time, honestly. I was not consistent in the IPL and I was not even in the playing XI. Shubman was already playing for India.”
“I started feeling that I was behind, as people from my age group were doing well already. We were having lunch at his place and paaji told me straight away that he was not preparing me for the state or the IPL or even to get a cap for India. He told me I am making you ready to win games for India. Write this and it will happen in the next two to three years. After that camp, I realized my goal is something else,” Sharma said on the “Breakfast with Champions” show.
Sharma revealed how much Yuvraj invested in the growth of cricketers, adding that the 2011 ODI World Cup winner would look into batting videos of players and make notes and grab screenshots from various angles.
“He would sit at home and watch our videos, make notes from it, and then take screenshots from different videos to compare before and after. No one knows Yuvi paaji goes into this much detailing. And while we are practicing for over five hours, he will be there with us throughout,” he said.
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