out so even if its virat or me or whoever is batting i think theyll try and say a few words obviously theyll just be careful of what they are sayinghow do you manage to bat for long hours do you practise meditation for such high levels of concentrationi dont meditate but i have a routine i pray every single day which helps me its kind of a meditation i also do yoga which helps me have a proper mindset yoga has helped me have a positive mindset as a batsman you should not have any thoughts if you can have a blank mind you can execute your skills better yoga has helped me to reach that stage where im thoughtless when i bat or even if i have thoughts ensure that they are positivehow do you react when you see guys like rishabh pant playing the shots he does or a prithvi shaw do you cringe do you smile do you tell them thoda aaram sei laugh about it sometimes i get worried and say what is he trying to do but over a period of time ive realized that you still need to respect them and their style because pant has come from white ball cricket and well have to give him some time to understand that if you want to play test cricket yes you have to be attacking which is his natural game but at the same time understand what is the right time to attack and when he cannot that is what he has to figure out if hes battling with a tailender then its a different story but if hes batting with a topfive batsman he might have to change his game a little bit and that is what i and the team management have tried communicating with himgrowing up your dad was really strict with the way you played do you ever regret that being too technically correct has sometimes not helped you establish yourself in whiteball gamenot at all my father always used to tell me to play according to the merit of the ball and its not as if i wasnt allowed to play any lofted shots but he made sure that if i played a lofted shot i had to execute it in a manner where it goes over the top it should not just pop up in the air where someone can take a catch even in a practice session not many people have seen my white ball cricket and people have this perception but the moment i play lofted shots i always execute it in the manner where i get a four or a six but in test cricket it is not required as you are taking extra risk and risking giving your wicket away you may end up scoring only about 30 but if you play down the ground you could end up with 150160 if you can execute your shots then you should but you