Yuvraj Singh watches our videos and makes notes from them at his home: Abhishek Sharma

Indian explosive opening batter Abhishek Sharma has revealed how the former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has helped him excel in the shortest format of the game when he was suffering from poor form during the lockdown.

Speaking exclusively on Breakfast with Champions, Sharma asserted that he had camps at Yuvraj Singh’s place during the lockdown, which helped him to gain consistency and a spot in the playing XI in the IPL. 

"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," Abhishek Sharma said on 'Breakfast with Champions'.

Furthermore, Abhishek also disclosed Yuvraj’s inspirational words of preparing him for the national team and not for the state of the IPL side. He also revealed that after the end of the camp, he got to realize that his goal is completely different than what he was thinking before the start of the camp.

"We were having lunch at his place and paaji told me straightaway 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," he added.

In the interview, Sharma also asserted that Yuvraj used to watch Sharma’s batting videos and make notes from them, taking screenshots and comparing them before and after to analyze the differences in detail.

"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 detail. And while we are practicing for over five hours, he will be there with us throughout,” he concluded.

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