Mayank Agarwal's performance in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy was dull with the bat. He scored only 78 runs in three tests, which had to bear the brunt of sitting out in the last two tests.
Mayank Agarwal's childhood coach Rax Murali revealed that when the Indian batsman was dropped from the team, he began to doubt himself.
Aggarwal had scored only 88 runs in his last 8 Test innings. Shubman Gill capitalized on the opportunity to replace Agarwal with both hands and impressed in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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In a conversation with InsideSport, the childhood coach of Mayank Agarwal told how the opener was beginning to doubt himself after being dropped from the Test team.
Rax Murali said, 'It all depends on the mindset. When you are not succeeding, then suddenly you start raising doubts in your mind. It takes you on a completely different path and once something comes to your mind, everything starts to perish. This brings you to such a mode when you start doubting everything. The same situation happened with Mayank too.
The famous coach said that the player seems to be more concerned about the competition in the space. Murali said, 'There is a lot of nervousness in the player.
There is more disappointment than success in sports. When you worry about failing and you know that there is a tough competition to get a place and you failed to perform, you are out of the team, then it all starts filling in the mind.
Once you fail, there is an increase in frustration and it keeps increasing so that you do not get completely lost in the process.
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After the Australia series, Mayank Agarwal worked on the mental aspect and then shone in the IPL. '
Mayank Agarwal is part of the Indian Test team for the upcoming England tour. Mayank may have to sit out in the World Test Championship until Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma succeed at the opening.
Ipl Increased Confidence: Murali
Mayank Agarwal performed brilliantly in the suspended IPL 2021 season and showed what his abilities are. Murali revealed that both of them had worked on mental state before the T20 tournament.
Murali said, 'They already have the technology. All they needed was faith. The IPL performance increased his confidence significantly. Before the IPL, we worked on mental aspects and this made him successful in the tournament. This showed them how to work in a continuous process. '
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Mayank Agarwal had scored 260 runs in 7 matches representing Punjab Kings in IPL 2021. He averaged 43.3 while the strike rate was 141.3.
It remains to be seen how he will perform when he gets a chance in the upcoming Test series against New Zealand and England.
