“Stop watching television, stop reading papers,” Yuvraj Singh recalls Sachin Tendulkar’s words to advise India for ODI World Cup amid continuous social media criticism
uvraj recalled how Tendulkar asked his teammates to stop watching television and reading newspapers to avoid distraction.
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Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh recalled Sachin Tendulkar’s piece of advice he gave at a team meeting during the 2011 ODI World Cup. Yuvraj urged the current India players to use this advice which might prove helpful during the upcoming ODI World Cup in India.
Yuvraj recalled how Tendulkar asked his teammates to stop watching television and reading newspapers to avoid distraction. The legendary all-rounder pointed out that distraction is a lot more due to social media at present time, and even though there was no social media during the 2011 World Cup, media scrutiny was still immense back then. Tendulkar gave that advice after India lost to South Africa which invited fierce criticism from the media.
“Now, distraction is a bit more because that time there was no social media. There was a distraction with media and people,” Yuvraj told The Week. ” Sachin sat down with the team and said, ‘We need to stop watching television, stop reading the papers. Use our headphones when we are going through crowds in airports. Just focus on the World Cup’. The team agreed, we just followed that and it really worked.”
Yuvraj Singh urges Indian fans to understand there are other good teams in the ODI World Cup as well
Indian cricket enthusiasts get filled with agony when the Men in Blue fail to lift the World Cup across all the formats. Yuvraj Singh pointed out that there are other good teams in the World Cup as well, and opined that the Indian fans think India is the best team to win the coveted cup so slammed them when the Men in Blue fail.
India will start their campaign against Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on October 8. They will play the much-awaited clash against Pakistan on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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