The 87-year-old veteran cricket trainer, who has produced greater than a dozen internationally-acclaimed avid gamers together with Kirti AzadAjay Jadeja and Maninder Singh amongst others, added that Sunil GavaskarSachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are “once in a generation” avid gamers.
The octogenarian was once conferred the Padma Shri this yr for his contribution to Indian cricket and changed into handiest the second one cricket trainer after Desh Prem Azad to have gained the celebrated award.
“In cricket coaching, a coach needs to keep his fundamentals right. If athletes just attend the training and simple practice sessions, various coaches claim that the athlete is their product.
“It’s (observe) utterly incorrect, even Kapil (Dev) have been attending my training camps in Bombay, I nonetheless do not declare he’s my product, he’s from Chandigarh and he’s a made of DP Azad,” said Gurcharan.
“Every trainer has a special methodology of training, the duration of the bat is identical, the width of the bat is identical, however tactics of the trainer is what differs,” he added.
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Gurcharan, who told PTI in an interview that for him “oxygen comes from the cricket pitch”, added that players like Gavaskar, Tendulkar and Kohli will always remain the greatest cricketers India has produced, and newcomers can never overshadow their legacy.
“You cannot produce Kohli, you’ll’t produce Sunil Gavaskar or Sachin Tendulkar, you’ll’t produce Rohit. These cricketers are legends and feature left their legacy. New avid gamers are coming over the years however they may be able to’t exchange them. Players like them are all the time nice and can stay nice.”
Gurcharan, whose other wards include Rahul Sanghvi and Murali Kartik, indicated the award had come as a surprise.
“At this age, I wasn’t anticipating this award, thus I’m very grateful and venerated that at this age I used to be regarded as for the award.”
However, he pointed out that his well-wishers felt he should have been awarded the Padma Shri long back.
Gurcharan’s cricketing journey had started under the guidance of Maharaja of Patiala, Yadavindra Singh. He represented Patiala and Eastern Punjab State Unions, Patiala, Railways and Southern Punjab during his playing days.
Before turning to coaching, he played about 37 first-class games. With enough expertise and experience under his belt, he eventually became one of the most successful coaches India has produced.
Gurcharan, who has seen the evolution of cricket in the country over the years, said, “cricket within the nation has modified so much” with new formats coming in. “But the alternate is for the nice,” he added.