Along with teaching Yuvraj, he additionally educated Sachin Tendulkar‘s son, Arjun Tendulkar.
Yograj is recognised as a demanding coach, identified for his rigorous coaching strategies and difficult regimes for his college students.Yograj is famend for his forthright and generally controversial statements, which have as soon as once more drawn consideration.
In a viral social media video, when requested concerning the mindset a toddler ought to have when coming to coach with him, Yograj responded, “To start with, the concern of dying ought to finish.”
He then shared a private story, saying, “After I was three years previous, my dad informed my mother that we had been occurring a tiger hunt. My mother was afraid.”
Recounting the dialog, Yograj continued, “My dad stated ‘If he dies, it will not make any distinction. However I’ll make him like a tiger’. In order that three 12 months child is sitting together with his mom within the jungle of Kaladhungi (in Nainital district). My father was carrying a rifle and it was a moonlit evening. We had been sitting on a machaan (elevated platform). After which the tiger got here, the child was about to shout however my mother held his mouth. Then my dad shot the tiger from six ft. Shot useless within the head. He fell like a mountain.”
“The child was speechless. My father informed my mother to take me down. He then held me and stated, “sher ka baccha ghas nahi khata (a tiger cub would not eat grass). That voice went like an echo. He made me sit on the tiger and smeared its blood on my lips and brow. I nonetheless have that picture in my dwelling.
“I’ve made Yuvraj like that. Fearless.”
All through his profession, Yograj represented India in a single Check and 6 ODIs.