KOLKATA: Former New Zealand captain and Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendan McCullum on Friday said he agrees with batting legend Sachin Tendulkar that the menace of COVID-19 and lockdown period needs to be tackled session by session like a Test match, ensuring the days are well planned.
The deadly virus has brought the world to a standstill with the Indian Premier League (IPL) also getting postponed. Tendulkar recently spoke about approaching these difficult times with a session-by-session approach.
“I agree with Sachin. I think you know we need to just try and break this down, and try and look at it in isolation every time — just small steps like in a session by session (scenario). Deal with every day, make sure your days are well planned, well structured,” McCullum told Knights Unplugged on www.kkr.in.
“I think that’s the best thing from what we’ve tried to do in our family as well. Every day, write a bit of a plan of what we’re going to try to tick off and what we’re going to try and achieve. Funnily enough we’ve done it around meal times — breakfast together, lunch together and then dinner together.”
“Additionally, just sort of tick off some jobs outside, whether it’s cleaning out your wardrobes or whether its cleaning the roof or doing all the gutters or whatever, there’s always something to be done. Just as Sachin said, play it like a Test match and break it down into sessions,” he added. On how he is dealing with the present situation, the ace stumper batsman said: “I’m trying to just enjoy the break for now.” He has been following KKR’s new strength and condition trainer Chris Donaldson’s workout regimes quite diligently. (IANS)
