Due to the nationwide lockdown, India cricketer Hanuma Vihari shared that he will use the time to “sharpen” his skills for the upcoming Australia tour which is scheduled to the end of the year. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, cricket has also come to a standstill all around the world, which has so far claimed over 30000 lives worldwide while affecting more than 6.5 lakh people so far as well.

“I am going to use this time to focus on my fitness, sharpen my skills for county cricket as well as for the Australia tour in late 2020,” Vihari, who was part of India’s last tour of New Zealand, was quoted as saying by ‘ESPNcricinfo’.

“Mentally I am trying hard to keep myself positive and busy. My challenge is: there is no cricket for the next three to four months. I do have a summer to look forward to having signed with a team in the English County Championship, where my contract starts from late August. Fingers crossed about that,” he added.

Hanuma Vihari further added that this forced break will help him stay at home for his first marriage anniversary, which might not have been possible in between a busy schedule.

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“One good thing that will come out of this break is: I will able to celebrate my first wedding anniversary with my wife on May 19. In normal circumstances I might have been busy with cricket. So at least one person is not complaining too much!,” added Hanuma Vihari.

“A few days into this enforced break because of the pandemic, I have begun to realise all the implications: I cannot go out, meet friends or do anything, pretty much. But that is the need of the hour – you have to isolate yourself and make sure things settle down,”he shared.

“I know boredom will set in easily, but I have a solution for that: watching the 2005 Ashes on video. It is my favourite. I have lost count of how many times I have watched it. Also, I have been planning on taking up yoga. It’s something I have thought of doing for a year, in fact,” Hanuma Vihari concluded.