00:00Please stay into your questions.
00:02Yes.
00:03Please celebrate.
00:04Hi Shubhan.
00:05Congratulations.
00:07Shubhan, you know, like, off-race there's been so much talk about, you know,
00:11back-back cricket, undrive-lessed cricket,
00:13but you, of course, even Sai, you know,
00:15you run this old-school way, but still go about,
00:18and even, since you know, Shukujira has scored over 200 so many times,
00:22so, something of this, when there's so much buzz about this so-called old regression,
00:27you still learn this old-school way to go back to job in a very methodical manner,
00:32and with success.
00:34Sir, I think it's all about getting the job done, isn't it?
00:37Like, it doesn't matter how you get it done, as long as you keep getting the job done,
00:40that's what, that is what it's about.
00:44Hi Shubhan, you've been playing in three venues in a matter of a few days,
00:49so, how difficult is that on your body?
00:52While the other team might have a slight advantage going to the final,
00:55and it's your home as well, but still, like, your body might be tight,
00:58so, how challenging is that playing all three venues,
01:00and then going back to playing high pressure finally?
01:02Yeah, I mean, Dharamshala is kind of a difficult venue to, you know, get there and travel,
01:08but, yes, physically they might have an advantage,
01:10but I think finals are all about mental,
01:13so, the team that is mentally up there for the challenge is the one that's going to win.
01:18Someone will see the beard going on in the future,
01:21and, like, it's a, six years, seven days ago when you waited with you,
01:26we actually saw you in the night and said you are ten times better than him.
01:30When you see this guy, if you're going forward batting the way he has batted,
01:34I mean, your thoughts on that, I mean, just your thoughts on that?
01:38The kind of season I think he's had is just had a remarkable season.
01:41I have not seen anyone bat like the way he bats,
01:43and I think in this format probably he's, right now,
01:48he's probably one of the best batters in the world right now,
01:52and it's remarkable to see, you know, his, the, not just the hitting,
01:56but his biomechanics and his hand speed,
01:59and, you know, no matter what opposition he plays against.
02:03Today, you know, he didn't get off to a flyer,
02:05but still the way, how he managed to come back into the game,
02:07kept putting us under pressure.
02:09So that just tells you about the mindset that he has,
02:12and it's for, I think, in the years to come,
02:16the opposition that he plays against is going to have a tough time against him.
02:22About the vision, I mean, honestly, I don't really think about it much.
02:26If I feel like keeping one the day, I keep it.
02:29If someday I feel like, well, let's trim it, I trim it.
02:33Yeah.
02:34Hi, Shubhan.
02:35Just on Sai, he's been so consistent the last three seasons.
02:38To score that volume of runs,
02:40you have to be switched on and then keep coming back.
02:44So what do you think sets him apart in that sense,
02:46and, you know, what do you see in him that makes him score that way?
02:51I think in a tournament like IPL,
02:54you know, when I first started playing,
02:55one of the things that, one of the challenges that I faced
02:57was to keep playing the matches at the same intensity,
03:00and I think that is one of his biggest strength size.
03:03You know, you play so many matches,
03:05there could be days where mentally you don't feel up to the mark
03:09or physically you don't feel up to the mark.
03:12But to be able to have the same intensity in all of the matches
03:15and be consistent in your preparation, in your routine is not that easy.
03:21And he's someone who is, you know, very consistent in his routines,
03:26in his life outside of cricket.
03:28So that's, that's what makes him consistent on the field as well.
03:32Hi Shuman.
03:33Shuman, nowadays it seems like for a lot of batters,
03:37six hitting is easier than hitting fours.
03:39When you're doing so much mid, like centre wicket practice
03:42and range hitting most of the time,
03:45in terms of your ability to hit boundaries and still pick gaps,
03:49how do you keep working on that, if you could talk about that aspect?
03:55I mean, totally depends on, like this relatively is,
04:01is a little bit, this ground is a little bit bigger
04:05and we have seen sometimes the wicket here today
04:07and in both the matches the wickets been really good,
04:09but sometimes if the wicket tends to be a bit on the slower side,
04:12you know, then it's important to hit the gaps.
04:15Still looking to run well at the gaps,
04:17because I think that is the foundation of, you know,
04:19any format you are playing.
04:21If the team that plays less number of dot balls
04:25has a better chance of, you know, getting a better score.
04:28So, yes, the T20 game has evolved.
04:32You know, you see bigger scores,
04:35but the wickets have also gone a little bit flatter.
04:37And I don't think that not many people talk about this, you know,
04:41before, before these two new teams come, there used to be eight teams.
04:45And we used to play on, on similar wickets on like much more.
04:52You back in the day, in the second half of the IPL,
04:55you used to see 150, 160, 140 scores a lot more in Eden Gardens,
04:59even in Bombay, in some of the venues.
05:01Now, because at least four or five times in a season,
05:05we get a five day break, a seven day break.
05:08So which gives the chance, you know, you play on fresh wickets.
05:11Better wickets.
05:13So, I feel like as long as, you know, still cricket is the same.
05:17It's, it's all about the kind of wickets that we play on,
05:21the kind of grounds that we play on.
05:23If we play on challenging wickets, the scores are going to be,
05:26you know, similar.
05:28Maybe a five, ten runs difference here and there.
05:30But still, I feel the cricket is, cricket is pretty much similar.
05:50I mean, I'd be happy to play if, you know, I get picked for the T20 team.
05:55But I, honestly, I want to keep working on my game.
05:58It doesn't matter what format it is.
06:00I want to keep getting better as a T20 batsman, as an ODI batsman,
06:04as a test batsman.
06:05You know, it's, cricket is such a game you can never really get perfect.
06:09But obviously, you can strike for it and that's what I try to do.
06:18So, this season has been, like, a lot of sport life has been on other batsmen,
06:23on the hitters, power hitters in this season.
06:26But quietly, you have surpassed 720 runs in this season.
06:30And at the second, at present, the highest run-waters chart.
06:35So, how do you rate this season, consider this season that has gone back?
06:40I mean, totally depends on the next match, you know.
06:45If you win, it's gonna be a great season.
06:47If you don't win, I mean, it'll still be a good season.
06:50But, it'll be better if you win.
06:56Shaman, if you can tell me, there are some other outside of the field relationships that you have.
07:01Because, you have so many runs in this season.
07:05High-risk factors, high-risk factors.
07:07But, you must have some kind of friendship behind the scenes.
07:11How is your relationship outside?
07:14It's very good, you know.
07:15We spend a lot of time in the IPL together, on the field, off field as well.
07:24And then, we are in the test team as well.
07:26So, we have a lot of conversations.
07:29There are things that, you know, we talk about, about cricket, outside of cricket.
07:34So, not just for them.
07:36But, I think, there are many players on our team that also plays for the country.
07:41And, hopefully, we are gonna play together for a long period of time.
07:44And, it's very important for us, you know, to have our, to know each other well.
07:50To have a great equation, you know.
07:51That, automatically, transcends to, to on-field performances, I believe.
07:58Shaman, congratulations.
08:02Shaman, congratulations on reaching, get another IPL final.
08:05And, as you know, coincidentally, it is here.
08:06All finals will be at the World League.
08:09You played one, lost one.
08:10You also won one.
08:12My question is, playing at home, is it an advantage or disadvantage?
08:16Considering you won the 2022 edition, lost the 2023 edition, World Cup final as well.
08:21So, playing at home, is it an advantage or a burden of expectations to get better of you?
08:27Honestly, I don't really get burden of expectations, you know.
08:30With still, there's, obviously, there is, there are advantages.
08:35That's how I see it.
08:37There's familiarity when we play there.
08:40We know the wicket.
08:41We know the ground.
08:42So, we know what kind of cricket we need to play there to be able to win.
08:47So, in that context, yes.
08:49I, I see it as an advantage.
08:51Because there's a little bit of familiarity.
09:09I think the team that feels, the team that will feel better is going to win the final.
09:19I think the team that feels, the team that will feel better is going to win the final.
09:38I think preparation is what keeps me mentally fresh, knowing what I need to do the next week, next couple
09:50of weeks or in the next series or next tournament.
09:53And preparing for that, knowing the things that are in my control or knowing the things that I need to
09:59do well to be able to succeed and what we need to do well as a team to be able
10:03to succeed is what I think keeps me mentally fit.
10:32I mean, the message is simple, you know, when you're bowling with the new ball, if there is a little
10:37bit in the wicket.
10:39The, as a batsman, I know the hardest ball to hit is obviously that good length ball, but that good
10:45length changes according to the wicket.
10:47You know, if you're playing on a black soil, if there's a grass on it, if there's no grass, if
10:51you're playing on red soil, so that there's a lot of talk about length, length, length, but the length is
10:57not the same on all the venues.
10:58It varies, you know, there's a, probably a meter back or, back or forth.
11:06So, I mean, there's a reason, you know, why test match length works because it is the hardest ball to
11:14hit as a, as a batsman with the new ball.
11:16But I think the way we executed our bouncers today, it was quite exceptional, you know, we, I think, in
11:22every order we used our bouncers very well and the accuracy of bouncers that we bowled.
11:26I've actually not seen in a T20 game, the number of bouncers we used and the success that we got
11:32in the bouncers was tremendous.
11:35Thank you, thank you.
11:38Oh, thank you.
11:39Thank you!
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