Young India batter and six-hitting machine Abhishek Sharma recently opened up about a difficult phase in his career and how training under former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh during the COVID-19 lockdown played a pivotal role in turning things around for him. Abhishek admitted that there was a time when his performances had dipped, and he found himself struggling for consistency. The opener also revealed that Yuvraj told him he will be part of the Indian team in the next two-three years.

"I am very grateful. During the lockdown we would have camps at his place. Me, Shubman, Prabhsimran, Anmolpreet. Basically I needed it. We were going on a flight and I asked him if we could have a camp for a few days. He told yes right away. I was struggling a bit at that time, honestly," Abhishek said on 'Breakfast with Champions'.

"I was not consistent in the IPL and I was not even in the playing XI. Shubman was already playing for India. I started feeling that I was behind, as people from my age group were doing well already. We were having lunch at his place and paaji told me straight away that he was not preparing me for the state or the IPL or even to get a cap for India. He told me I am making you ready to win games for India. Write this, and it will happen in the next two to three years. After that camp, I realized my goal is something else," he added.

"He would sit at home and watch our videos, make notes from it, and then take screenshots from different videos to compare before and after. No one knows Yuvi paaji goes into this much detailing. And while we are practicing for over five hours, he will be there with us throughout," he said.

Abhishek Sharma recently captured the spotlight with his dazzling batting performances in the Asia Cup, where he played a crucial role in several matches with his aggressive performance, providing India cracking starts. He capped off the tournament as the highest scorer with 314 runs from seven matches.