Sachin’s recommendation in 2017 helped me reinvent my recreation and lengthen profession: Mithali Raj
{Photograph}: Form courtesy Mithali Raj/Twitter
Having stayed on the high of their recreation for greater than 20 years, each Sachin Tendulkar and Mithali Raj are epitome of excellence and longevity in world cricket.
Whereas Tendulkar made folks fall in love with the sport, Mithali grew to become the primary celebrity of ladies’s cricket in India.
Nevertheless, self doubt can creep even within the minds of greats like Tendulkar and Mithali.
Forward of Tendulkar’s fiftieth birthday, Mithali spoke to PTI about her first interplay with him, the affect he had on her batting and on how a chat with the grasp blaster earlier than the 2017 ladies’s World Cup helped reinvent her recreation.
“I nonetheless keep in mind our dialog earlier than the 2017 World Cup in England. After a bunch dialog, I had a one-on-one chat with him. I wished to ask him how he was capable of have such an extended profession and the way he needed to reinvent himself to face new bowlers of the youthful technology,” Mithali mentioned.
“When you’ve such an extended profession, each technology has stand out bowlers, I wished to understand how he stored up with that. As you age, folks begin speaking about your footwork getting slower, you might be selecting the road and size late and you aren’t fast on the ball.”
“I wished to understand how he managed to beat all that and be on high of his recreation. He did give recommendations and I attempted to place that into coaching,” mentioned Mithali, who ended up amassing 409 runs within the 2017 World Cup and captained India to the ultimate.”
Although India got here up quick within the closing, it was a path breaking outcome because it revolutionised ladies’s cricket within the nation.
Mithali recollected that she and Tendulkar didn’t discuss lots about approach because the dialog was primarily in regards to the psychological facet of the sport.
“We didn’t discuss in depth about approach as everybody has completely different strategies. As a senior professional after enjoying for therefore lengthy, all you possibly can assistance is with the preparation recommendation to a different participant…
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