Ahead of the 2025 Asia Cup, the former India all-rounder has requested Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma not to repeat the mistake he made during his playing years and to play golf, as it will help them score more runs.
"I have told them to play golf and I encourage them to play. It's very hard to find time, but I think the IPL is a good time for them to actually find time and hit some balls," Yuvraj said at an event.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! "It's up to them. Now they are superstars of the game and they have to decide what's going to help them be better. If golf can be something, then they have to decide that. But I encourage all athletes to play golf. I think it's a great way to unwind and it's great for the mind."
When asked whether playing golf would help them, Yuvraj said: "I feel that any sport that helps you relax is going to be less taxing on the body and more fruitful for the mind. If you see the culture of golf in Australia, South Africa, England—majority of the best cricketers have played golf from a very young age.
"You see a lot of these guys actually play a lot of golf and do less cricket practice during tours. You can't change something in a game in three days. But how can you recover and be mentally fresh for a game? So I just feel it's not just cricket. For any sportsperson in the world, they should play golf because eventually it will bring out the best in them in their sport."
Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are set to open for India in the upcoming Asia Cup, starting next week.
Yuvraj said if he had played golf during his playing years, he would have scored 3,000 more international runs.
"I would have scored 3,000 more runs," said Yuvraj.
"I tell all the young cricketers to try and play golf, hit the ball, see how you feel. Because sometimes too much practice is also not good for you. Sometimes when you're not scoring runs, you want to practice more, and with golf as well, you want to hit more balls. But sometimes it's good to relax," he said.
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