Star Sports India’s leading sports broadcaster in partnership with MFORE; a non-profit initiative, launched a new series ‘Mind Masters by MFORE’ to highlight the importance and necessity of mental strength and conditioning in sports. In the recent episode, five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand joined host and former Indian Cricketer S. Badrinath to share his experiences and talk about the importance of mind skills training and how it helped him as a chess player. In the episode, Badrinath also interacted with Indian cricketer and leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to discuss about his love for chess.

Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t been away from the limelight even during lockdown season, the Indian spinner has been continuously in news for his active social media presence and his quirky online appearances with family, friends and colleagues. While speaking to S Badrinath on the show, Chahal revealed his love for Chess and how he used to play when he was younger. Viswanathan Anand chose Chahal as his favorite current cricketer, and he was glad to learn that as he drew inspiration from Grandmaster when he played Chess earlier.