LUCKNOW, June 7 -- Non-stop cricket for more than two months, a break of almost a week, and now at his grandmother's house in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand. But you can't keep the man away from cricket! Keeper-batter Aryan Juyal, who captained Uttar Pradesh's Ranji Trophy team in the last domestic season, has begun training hard at a private academy there. Juyal, who remained an integral part of the Lucknow Super Giants in the recently concluded season of the India Premier League, has been working hard on his game for the new domestic season, expected to start in September-October. "It's all about learning and it comes through practice only. I had plans to stay at Nani's house without thinking about cricket after the end of LSG's campaign in the IPL. But within a week's time, my passion for the game compelled me to start training again. Just today I had a strenuous session at a gym before hitting the ball hard at a private academy here in Rudrapur," said Juyal on Friday. "There is no stopping for me as after reaching home in Moradabad in a few days' time, I will continue my training there too, as I know what training means to me. 'Proper homework' will help you do well in the next season too," said Juyal, who led his state team in runs with a total of 714 runs in seven matches, including four centuries and one fifty, demonstrating his ability to score consistently and in big ways. Juyal, 23, who didn't get a chance to play a match for LSG this season, said that he will try to make use of all his experience with the IPL franchise when the next season starts later this year. "Unfortunately, I didn't get to play, but I learned a lot. I practised well for three months. Staying in that environment every day, I think it brings a lot of improvement confidence-wise," he said. "While staying with the team, I learned how to maintain myself. As an opening batter, I was always ready to take a chance, but it didn't happen as the top order of the team was quite heavy with Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram and even Nicholas Pooran hitting the ball nicely," he said, adding, "In fact, they were setting the tone for the side so I focused on learning. I tried to learn as much as I could from them." Juyal praised the team environment throughout the tournament. "In 2023, I was part of the Mumbai Indians too, but here at LSG, I got to feel a different atmosphere with everyone talking to each other, sharing and discussing their problems." "The natural functioning of every team was more or less the same. You get a different environment in every team as you meet different people. I was very comfortable with LSG as Zak Sir (Zaheer Khan) gave us freedom. We could approach him whenever we wanted." He also accepted that results were not along the expected lines. "Unfortunately, the result didn't meet our expectations, and I felt that we could have done it. In fact, some players were injured and kept recovering. So, it is always tough. But I think, despite that, we showed it with 200 plus scores many times in 14 matches." Juyal, who has so far scored 3700 plus runs in all three formats of the game in domestic cricket, also said that despite not being in the Playing XI throughout the season, his input about the pitches here did matter a lot for the side, especially during the seven home matches. "Coach Justin Langer as well as others talked to me a lot about pitches here in Lucknow as I have been a regular at this ground with the Uttar Pradesh team."...