India, Nov. 6 -- Yuvraj Singh may not be a certified coach, but what he's done for Indian cricket may already make him one of India's coaching greats. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are two names that have emerged from the Yuvraj school of coaching. Although Yuvraj never formally coached them, the two-time World Cup winner and one of India's greatest match-winners has worked with them since their early days. And look where it's got them. One of them is India's ODI and Test captain, while the other, in just a short span of time, has become the world's No. 1 T20I batter.

Yuvraj's coaching instincts differ greatly from those of his father, Yograj. While Yograj believes in strict discipline and tough-love methods, Yuvraj's approach couldn'...