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Yuvraj Singh conducts a cricket clinic as part of the Laureus ‘Sport For Good’ initiative, in Hong Kong (PTI)<\/p>\nA recent clip has gone viral on social media. It is a short clip – a few words, Sanju Samson listening like a man trying to turn brilliance into routine. But it lands because it feels like more than a Nets video. It feels like a snapshot of how India\u2019s next-gen batting identity is being reshaped.<\/p>\n
Yuvraj Singh conducts a cricket clinic as part of the Laureus ‘Sport For Good’ initiative, in Hong Kong (PTI)<\/p>\n
Yuvraj Singh isn\u2019t part of any formal coaching staff. He doesn\u2019t need a title. The point is influence, the kind that travels quietly, from one batter\u2019s notebook to another\u2019s muscle memory.<\/p>\n
Yuvraj\u2019s real lesson: fearless isn\u2019t reckless<\/p>\n
India\u2019s modern batter is raised in a loud time. Strike-rates get debated like political manifestos. One slow innings becomes a character flow. One ramp shot becomes a personality. \u201cFearless cricket\u201d is now a slogan – and slogans can make young players mistake aggression for freedom.<\/p>\n
Yuvraj\u2019s value is that he has lived on both sides of that trap. He was, in his prime, the face of audacity; he was also a batter who learned that audacity without clarity can collapse under pressure. When he nudges a young player, it reads like: own your personality, own your shot selections, and own the consequences.<\/p>\n
That is why the Sanju Samson<\/a> sighting matters. Sanju has never lacked options. What has often separated him from being a locked-in, format-defining presence is not talent – it\u2019s repeatability. A mentor who has survived the sharp end of Indian expectation can help with the hardest skill of all: staying the same person when the noise changes.<\/p>\n And yes- there is something poetic about Yuvi, the original \u201cwhy not?\u201d batter, guiding a player whose career has always felt one uninterrupted \u201cwhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n That proof is already on record<\/p>\n Yuvraj\u2019s mentoring of Shubman Gill<\/a> and Abhishek Sharma is no longer a whisper story. It has been reported repeatedly, including details of a lockdown-era training camp that has also involved other young batters.<\/p>\n What\u2019s revealing is how people around that ecosystem describe the impact. Not \u201che fixed the bat lift\u201d, but he \u201cchanged the approach\u201d. In one widely shared account, Abhishek has spoken about how Yuvraj framed the work with an India-first intent, the idea that the practice wasn\u2019t just about scoring in domestic cricket, it was about becoming an international batter who belongs.<\/p>\n That is mentorship in its purest form: making ambition feel structured rather than chaotic.<\/p>\n It\u2019s bigger than just three names<\/p>\n If you look at how Yuvi is contributing, you don\u2019t stop at Gill, Abhishek, and Samson. The wider list matters because it shows a pattern: Yuvraj repeatedly choosing high-upside batters and investing time in them, away from the lights.<\/p>\n During that same training-phase, Anmolpreet Singh has been named among the batters who spent time training under him.<\/p>\n More recently, there has also been reporting around Yuvraj working with another set of younger batters – including Prabhsimran Singh<\/a> and Priyansh Arya.<\/p>\n And then there\u2019s the telling one: Ramandeep Singh, now seen in franchise cricket colours, has spoken publicly about Yuvraj\u2019s behind-the-scenes help – the kind that involves turning up, watching closely, recording drills, and offering specific batting guidance when the youngster needed it.<\/p>\n Put those strands together, and you get the real headline: Yuvraj is helping build India\u2019s fearless generation the only way it can be built – one batter at a time, with personal accountability attached.<\/p>\n What he\u2019s really passing down<\/p>\n