KKR’s Ramandeep Singh feels indebted to Yuvraj Singh

Ramandeep Singh opened up on the importance of Yuvraj Singh in his career.

Yuvraj Singh retired from cricket six years ago, but the legendary all-rounder never ceases to amaze cricket lovers with his contributions to Indian cricket. He has played a key role in the development of players like Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma. One more player climbing up the ladder is Ramandeep Singh, a Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder.

KKR youngster Ramandeep Singh feels forever indebted to Yuvraj Singh.

On a podcast with Raj Shamani, Ramandeep Singh said, “I keep having conversations with Yuvi paaji. He’s from Punjab, and I am lucky that he has seen me batting. When the COVID restrictions were initially lifted, we used to practice at the PCA Stadium. Yuvi paaji used to come there too. One of the days, he missed his practice session for me and arranged the centre wicket. He stood in the sun the entire afternoon at the umpire’s position and record my batting videos. He took my number and shared those videos with me and was giving me advice – what needs to improve, what I was doing well and what I wasn’t.” He added, “That guy has a huge heart. He is a bigger character than he was as a cricketer. He goes out of the way; that’s his nature. He has helped Shubman, Abhishek, Anmolpreet Singh, Prabhsimran… When it comes to batting, they all take their problems to Yuvraj Singh. It’s never happened that he hasn’t answered their phone. Everyone. And a person like him who is busy the whole year, he still managed to take time out.”

“Want to smash six sixes in an over.”

He said, “I really want to smash six sixes in an over. Not because I have to break Yuvraj’s record or anything like that. What he’s done is remarkable. I don’t know what happens on the sixth ball. I am missing something. He [Yuvraj] knows that it’s written. It will happen if and when it has to.”

Concluding, Ramandeep Singh said, “More importantly, it’s about how I feel. You may score runs, but you don’t get that feeling. On the other hand, you may score 35 runs, but if everything is timed well and hits the middle of the bat, there’s no better feeling.”