Five batsmen whose career was resurrected by Pravin Amre

#1 Robin Uthappa

Uthappa is on the fringes of India’s Limited Overs side

While working as an assistant coach with Pune Warriors’ (now defunct) in IPL 2012, he watched Uthappa’s batting from close quarters and advised him to work hard. A self-conceited Uthappa was taken aback by Amre’s sudden response but pondered his advise and called him from Spain, where he was celebrating his holiday post IPL.

“Project Uthappa”, as it was named, began from shedding his weight by 16 kg followed by detailed study of his batting technique. Amre went on changing “everything” and began the task of dismantling the old Uthappa.

His grip was bottom-handed and locked. I asked him to 'unlock it' so that he could hit the ball straighter," Amre says. "I then worked on his stance, footwork, shoulder position, head position. In short, I changed him from head to toe. It was course correction all the way through."

With that, Amre made Uthappa bat in different conditions and helped him in getting his mental setup right for batting across formats and conditions. The gruelling two year period saw Uthappa forcing his way back into the Indian ODI side after six years, pile up mountain of runs for his home side in domestic circuit and play a crucial role in the dwindling fortunes of Kolkata Knight Riders.