Nik Badkundri
10+
Years in Cricket
165+
Cricketers Last 12 Months
1
Framework
About Nik

I DON'T SELL
MOTIVATION.
I BUILD
FRAMEWORKS.

I work with cricketers who are good enough. Who have always been good enough. And who can't figure out why they cannot perform consistently.

Ten years. 165+ cricketers in the last 12 months.

The Origin

PUNE. AGE 15.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
STADIUM.

I was not selected in a game at 15. That changed my world. Cricket was everything for me.

I know what it feels like when the ability is there and something else keeps getting in the way.

That moment didn't end my relationship with cricket. It started my obsession with understanding what actually happens in the mind.

I spent the next ten years looking for the answer in sports psychology. In NLP. In performance coaching from other sports.

Most of it didn't survive contact with cricket.

Not because the science was wrong. Because cricket has specific pressure mechanics that no other sport shares. The gap between balls. The accumulation of a long innings. The moment a trial stops feeling like cricket and starts feeling like an audition.

Generic frameworks weren't built for those moments.

So I built one that was - The Pro Performance Framework™.

In Their Own Words

FROM SWITCHING OFF
TO ACT SECOND XI.

Ansh plays ACT Second XI. This is him talking about what actually changed.

"I used to switch off between balls without realising it. That was costing me more than I knew."

ACT Second XI Player

128 NOT OUT.
415 BALLS.

Junction Oval. WA vs Victoria. Over 400 balls at the crease. He said afterwards:

"I wasn't thinking about the scoreboard. I was just repeating what we'd trained."

Pro Contracted Player
What I Actually Do

THE WORK.

I work with cricketers who are good enough. Who have always been good enough. And who can't figure out why they cannot perform consistently.

Ten years. 165+ cricketers in the last 12 months. The pattern is exactly the same.

Most mental skills work in cricket is borrowed from other sports. It sounds right. It falls apart in cricket.

So I built something specifically for cricket.

Because underneath almost every performance issue is the same question.

"Am I good enough?"

Until that question loses its power - you won't play the cricket you're capable of.

That's the work. Even Kohli in a recent interview said this.

What I've Built

ONE FRAMEWORK.
BUILT FOR CRICKET.

Everything I do sits inside one framework. Built specifically for cricket. Not borrowed from anything else.

Mental Performance Index™

The only cricket-specific diagnostic that produces a measurable score across the three subscales that predict performance under pressure.

The Seven Patterns

Every mental performance breakdown in cricket comes back to one of seven patterns. These are them.

24 Ball System™

Built specifically for the mental demands of batting and bowling in match conditions.

Trigger Tracker™

Identifies the exact moment pressure starts reshaping how a player plays. Before the dismissal. Before the bad spell.

Pressure Simulation Protocol™

The training method that closes the gap between what players produce in the nets and what shows up in the middle.

Performance Diamond™

The four-quadrant model that maps where a player's mental performance sits across the key pressure subscales.

The Credentials

THE HIGHLIGHTS.

10+ years in cricket mental performance across Australia, India, South Africa and England

165+ cricketers in the last 12 months alone

Club. Premier. Pathway. State contracted. Sheffield Shield. Professional contracts

Aspiring pros to contracted professionals. Juniors to internationals

Residential camps in Bangalore. Live work in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Cape Town, London

Three Ways To Work With Me

ONE SYSTEM.
THREE WAYS IN.

For Players
THE MENTAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM™

Direct coaching built around your specific pressure pattern. The player at training becomes the player in the middle.

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For Coaches
THE MPI™ AND THE FRAMEWORK

The diagnostic and the system to deliver it with your squad. Know exactly where the mental performance gap is.

Take the MPI™ →
For Associations
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP

A system integrated into your program with measurable outcomes. Foundation, Performance and Elite Partner tiers.

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