Karn Sharma credits Narendra Hirwani for his recent success in domestic cricket

Karn Sharma said that there was a change in mindset in the recent past regarding his bowling, while he also credited coach Narendra Hirwani.

Indian spinner Karn Sharma was got a surprise call into the national side, when he was selected for the Test series in Australia three years back. However, a string of poor performances saw him getting dropped and since then he has been dishing out back resounding performances in domestic circuit. On Tuesday, Karn came up with another decent  show for Board President’s XI against the visiting New Zealand in the first warm-up tie at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Although it was a modest figure of one for 46, he expressed his happiness as the team beat the Kiwis by 30 runs. He said that there was a change in mindset in the recent past regarding his bowling, while he also credited coach Narendra Hirwani for his recent success. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs New Zealand 2017-18, 1st ODI at Mumbai

“I am bowling good and also getting wickets. It is important that the team is winning. Playing the Adelaide Test is a thing of the past. One learns from the mistakes and I tried to work on my bowling and bring in variety. In the last two years. I have changed a lot [as a bowler] and spoke to Narendra Hirwani sir and other coaches. My bowling is the same, but there is a difference in the mindset. I spoke to coaches on how I can be better in international matches and worked on those aspects. I am working with Hiru [Hirwani] Sir in NCA and that is helping me. Hirwani Sir spoke about mindset and how to play with the batsman’s mind and that is very important,” he said, as reported by PTI.

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