Emraan Hashmi who will soon be seen stepping into Mohammad Azharuddin's shoes for the biopic of the cricketer, has approached an international sports management company to provide him a coach ,who he will train with before the film goes on floors. Emraan is in talks with a few institutes as he wants to better understand the technicalities of the game as part of his preparations.

If sources are to be believed, Emraan wants to train with the coach all of January ,before the film starts rolling in February .

Says Emraan Hashmi, "A huge amount of pre-production and research is going to go into making this film - I have been meeting Azhar quite regularly .Though I enjoy playing cricket,it will definitely take me a month to prepare for this role."