From Bollywood flicks to batting tips to having his mother by his side, Yuvraj Singh is trying his best to turn around his sagging career.
The batting prince of India's next generation of cricketers, Yuvraj is finding the ground slipping fast under his feet. The coronation is nowhere near; the banishment after an innings or two is more of a possibility.
His mother Shabnam was with him in Australia for the last eight days. She wouldn't be around to see his 200th match, the one against Sri Lanka here on the 19th of this month. The match could be a cause of celebration -- or the one when he returns to the starting blocks.
The left-hander has scores of 2, 0, 5, 12, 0 in his last five Test innings. In one-dayers, it is 2,3 and 6. He has not played 100 balls yet in Tests or one-dayers in this series.
His failure has befuddled everyone, more so the dashing left-hander who just cannot understand why every second shot of his is going up in the air.
Yuvraj's dismissals in this series, flicking or driving into the hands of short extra cover or short midwicket, has been a norm. Now an advice has come his way from none other than the master himself, Sachin Tendulkar.
Tendulkar has advised Yuvraj to have a round-handed top grip on his bat: ostensibly it would give him better control on his top hand and stop shots from going into the air.
