Yuvraj Singh is a cricketer from India who has represented his country internationally. On December 12, 1981, he was born in Chandigarh, India. He has received the ODI Player of the Series Award seven times in his career. He is the third Indian athlete to attain this success. From 2000 to 2017, he was a part of several ODIs. In addition, he served as the cricket team's vice-captain in the 2007 and 2008 ODI seasons. This batsman from India is well-known worldwide for smashing six sixes in a row against an English bowler Stuart Broad. After receiving a diagnosis of a cancerous tumor in his left lung, Yuvraj Singh battled the illness and returned to international competition just before the 2012 World Cup.
| Born: December 12, 2981 | Nationality: Indian |
| Years Active: 2000-2017 | Birth Place: Chandigarh, India |
| Height: 6 ft 1.5 in | Role: Batsman/ All rounder |
| Batting Style: Left-Handed Bat | Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Nickname: Yuvi |
On December 12, 1981, Yuvraj Singh was born to Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh. Yograj himself was a former Indian cricketer. He took part in six ODIs and one Test for the Indian cricket squad. His mother significantly influenced the rise of Yuvraj. Neena Bundhel is the name of Yuvraj Singh's stepmother. She is a model and actress from Punjab. Zoravar Singh is the younger brother of Yuvraj. In 2016, English actress and model Hazel Keech and Yuvraj Singh became husband and wife. She has appeared in a few movies, music videos, and reality series. On 25th January 2022, the couple was blessed with a son named ‘Orion Keech Singh’.
Yuvraj had a youthful fascination with cricket. He participated in several interschool competitions. He later participated in the Ranji Trophy for Punjab. He made his O.D.I. debut against Kenya in the I.C.C. knockout competition in 2000–01. He beat Australia in the event with an impressive 84 off 80 balls. But after that blow, he had a poor performance. Eventually, he was let go from the squad before the Australians' 2001 tour of India. Later on, in the tri-series in August 2001 in Sri Lanka, Yuvraj ended the slump with a brisk unbeaten 98 against the home team. Yuvraj was benched for the domestic series against England following a poor tour of South Africa. Against Zimbabwe, he was given his spot back in the team in early 2002.
During the 1997–1998 Ranji Trophy match against Orissa, Yuvraj made his first-class debut but was out for a duck in the first innings. In the 1999 U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy final between Punjab and Bihar in Jamshedpur, Yuvraj delivered his first outstanding effort. In the third ODI of the 1999 series between India and Sri Lanka's U-19 team, he hit 89 runs off just 55 balls.
Yuvraj reclaimed his spot in the team in the same year by scoring two fast runs against Zimbabwe to end the series after being dropped owing to run shortages in 2001 and 2002. After three years of his debut, he hit his first century in an ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2003. After Sachin, he was the only other Indian player recruited by the Yorkshire club to play county cricket in 2003.
Yuvraj Singh was detected with lung tumor cancer in 2011. It became clear during the 2011 World Cup, which featured blood vomiting. He couldn't be the same lightning-fast and athletic fielder he was while recovering from chemotherapy performed in the U.S.A. Despite receiving just a few extremely good blows following surgery, he was still unable to join the squad because of fitness difficulties.
ODI and T20
Yuvraj was the captain of Kings XI Punjab in the first two seasons of the Indian Premier League. He took a double hat trick in the 2010 edition of I.P.L.
Test
He was not a captain in this format
Leaving Captaincy
After captaining the first two seasons of I.P.L., he never got a chance to lead a team.
In 2012, Yuvraj Singh received the Arjuna Award, the second-highest athletic honor in India.
In 2014, he received the fourth-highest civilian honor in India, the Padma Shri.
Yuvraj made history by being the first player to score more than 300 runs and grab 15 further wickets in the same World Cup.
He became the first batter in T20I cricket to hit 50 runs in an innings against England in just 12 balls.
In his T20I career, Yuvraj struck 74 sixes, the second-highest total of any Indian player.
Yuvraj is the first Indian player to hit six sixes in an over and the second batsman internationally.
Yuvraj Singh made his international cricket retirement announcement on June 10, 2019. Yuvraj Singh made his decision to stop playing in all formats of the game public during a press conference in Mumbai. He recalled his greatest and worst moments throughout his career, sharing both.
India's most successful cricketer, Yuvraj Singh, may be the most ambitious. Few things in cricket are more beautiful to see than a free-flowing Yuvraj Singh at his best.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 304 | Run Scored: 701 |
| Batting Average: 36.55 | Top Score: 150 |
| 200/100/50: 0/14/52 | Wickets: 111 |
| T20 | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 58 | Run Scored: 1177 |
| Batting Average: 28.02 | Top Score: 77* |
| 200/100/50: 0/0/8 | Wickets: 29 |
| Test | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 40 | Runs Scored: 1900 |
| Batting Average: 33.92 | Top Score: 169 |
| 200/100/50: 0/3/11 | Wickets: 10 |
Sachin Tendulkar of India fields during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Group B match between India and the Netherlands at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on March 9, 2011 in Delhi, India.
Sachin Tendulkar of India raises his bat on scoring his century during the Group B ICC World Cup Cricket match between India and South Africa at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground on March 12, 2011 in Nagpur, India.
Sachin Tendulkar of India hits out watched by wicketkeeper Matt Prior of England during day five of the 4th npower Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on August 22, 2011 in London, England.
Sachin Tendulkar reach the iconic landmark of 100 international centuries against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in 2012
Sachin's first Test century
Sachin Tendulkar’s dream to hold the World Cup in his hands and in 2011 it finally happened.
