Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh lamented the attitude of young Indian cricketers towards four-day cricket and felt lucrative Indian Pr...
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh lamented the attitude of young Indian cricketers towards four-day cricket and felt lucrative Indian Premier League contracts at an early age has affected their focus.
Yuvraj Singh who played 40 Test matches, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India apart from 132 IPL games felt young Indian players lack the guidance from senior players that he got during his days.
“IPL offers big money and it takes away the focus (from the youngsters),” Yuvraj Singh told Sportstar.
“Not the current lot. They want to play Tests but the younger lot, who play one-day cricket mostly, their focus is to play IPL and not four-day cricket for the states,” he added.
The all-rounder came into the Indian team with a lot of experienced heads in the shape of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble. Their constant scolding made him a much better player.
“From the interaction with the youngsters, you realise that they can do with more respect for the seniors,” Yuvraj said.
“It is not the same that we gave to our seniors. There has to be a certain amount of respect towards the seniors, who have taught you so much,” he added.
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