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Mumbai, May 17: <\/strong> Ace former India batsman Yuvraj Singh on Sunday expressed his desire to coach, saying he can work on players' mindset especially in limited-overs cricket which he has bossed for close to decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I will probably start with that (coaching). I am more keen on coaching than doing commentary," Yuvraj told former England batsman Kevin Pietersen during an Instagram Live chat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I have more insight in limited-overs cricket and I can share my knowledge with players coming to bat at No.4, 5, 6 as to what sort of mindset they should have," said the 38-year old who has helped India win the 2007 T20 and 2011 ODI World Cups with stellar performances.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Yuvraj called time on his illustrious career last year. The dashing left-hander had previously said the current Indian team needs a psychologist who can take care of the mental side of players.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I will probably start by being a mentor and then if it goes well maybe full time coaching," said Yuvraj.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pietersen, who is now into commentary, asked Yuvraj to join him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I thought I will take a break for a year. Play certain tournaments which makes sense. I will join you guys and learn commentary first. Not sure how I will do as a commentator. So I will learn from you guys," said Yuvraj, smiling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He said he is happily spending time with family at the moment and hopefully will become a father soon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am now spending time with family. I spent a lot of time on the park. Hopefully become a father and then come back on the park (coaching or commentary)."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Yuvraj also spoke about how it is different for a player who has played limited number of ODIs to suddenly go and perform at the World Cup, referring to young wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant during the 2019 showpiece tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"You need experience. There is experience of playing in front of big crowds in the IPL...but when you're playing a 20-over game and then 50-over game...mindset is different."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pietersen also asked about the phase when Yuvraj was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's something that you can't really always express in words. Unfortunately the moment came when I was at the peak on my career. We had just won the World Cup (2011)," Yuvraj said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I was looking forward to play Tests, Sourav (Ganguly) had just retired," added Yuvraj who despite playing 304 ODIs for India, has only featured in 40 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I was young so I could get through it. My family went through a tough time. My mother was very supportive. My body was not the same when I came back. But eventually I came back and scored my highest ODI score (150) ever," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Yuvraj signed off by revealing that he has not trained so much in his entire career like he is doing during this COVID-19 induced lockdown period.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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