Yuvraj Singh is a talented Indian cricketer who has been a key player in the Indian National cricket team since 2000. Yuvraj Singh was born on December 12, 1981 in Chandigarh. He is the son of Yograj Singh who is a former Indian fast bowler and a Punjabi movie star.
Professional Profile of Yuvraj Singh
A flamboyant and fearless cricketer, Yuvraj Singh is a left-handed batsman who also bowls left-arm orthodox spin. A better player of fast bowling, Yuvraj has the ability and power to strike the ball long and clean, and his aggressive batting has even proved to be a match winner on many occasions. He is also a spectacular point fielder, with quick reflexes that make him rank high on the list of prolific fielders effecting ODI run outs.
Yuvraj Singh began his
cricket career playing domestic cricket in tournaments such as the Under-19 Cooch-Behar Trophy and the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka (2000). He was selected for the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, and since then his cricketing career moved ahead in full stream. Yuvraj made his One-Day International debut for India against Kenya at Nairobi in 2000, at the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy. He proved his potential was witnessed with brilliant innings at tournaments like the Natwest Series final (2002) with his amazing partnership with Mohammad Kaif; the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2005 Indian Oil Cup where he scored a memorable 110 runs of 114 balls, and was also judged the man of the match against West Indies.
Although Yuvraj Singh was dropped from the team on a few occasions and with his attitude and clashes with the team management citing differences with former coach Greg Chappel, he always bounced back with his stunning performances.
Till date, Yuvraj has played 37 Tests, scoring 1775 runs with his highest being 169. He has taken 9 test wickets till date and ha taken 31 test catches. He has played in 274 ODI's scoring 8051 runs with thirteen centuries 49 half centuries. His highest score in the ODI’s remains his 139 runs knock against Australia on their home turf. He has taken 109 ODI wickets. He has taken 84 catchs in the ODI’s. Yuvraj has appeared in the 2003 and 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup playing 14 matches and scoring 376 runs with his highest being 83. Performance of Yuvraj Singh in the
Cricket World Cup 2011 has been instrumental in taking India to the path of becoming the World Champions. He played 9 matches in the World Cup 2011 and scored 362 runs while also taking 15 wickets. He went on to become the “Man of the Series” in the tournament.
Yuvraj Singh's performances make him a promising player and an entertaining cricketer. Yuvraj is also the brand ambassador in India for Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console, released in 2006.
Yuvraj Singh’s career took a backseat when he was diagnosed with cancer in his left lung in the year 2011 after not being in a good form for a long time. The things worsened when in January 2012, it came to light that the left hand batsman also has tumor and the cricketer went through chemotherapy in the United States. All his fans and colleagues are hoping for him to get well soon and play the entertaining cricketer that he always had been. Good luck wishes are pouring in for the cricketer from all over the World.
