Yuvraj Singh's Unforgettable Cricket Journey From Cancer To Glory

Whenever we talk about a perfect player for No. 4 in white-ball cricket in Indian cricket, then the first name that comes to everyone's mind is that of a Sixer King, one of India's greatest all-rounders, who was born in Punjab. There is nothing wrong in saying that he is a true warrior who still played for India in such a crucial situation. Just imagine, in today's cricket, players take a break from the team despite minor injuries, but he was a player who not only played in the 2011 World Cup for India. Despite having cancer, he helped India in winning the ODI World Championship after 28 years, even after he was vomiting blood. Now you must have understood from these things that we are talking about former superstar player of India, Yuvraj Singh. 

Yuvraj Singh was born on 12 December 1981. Today Yuvraj is 43 years old. Yuvraj Singh gave the Indian team a single-handed victory in many matches, which no one expected. If you make a list of the greatest players among Indian players, then Yuvraj Singh will definitely be included in that list. Yuvraj Singh was born in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, and made his debut for Team India at the age of 19. He made his ODI debut on 3 October 2000, his Test debut on 16 October 2003, and his T20 debut on September 13, 2007.

Yuvraj Singh's international career was full of ups and downs, but in his 19-year cricket career, he remained Team India's troubleshooter for more than a decade. He used to be a very stormy batsman of Team India. He has done many such matches in the possession of India, which were very difficult to win. He has not only showed his magic with the bat but also with the ball. He was one of the few cricketers in the country who got a chance to play in all three international formats (Test, ODI, and T20).

Yuvraj Singh has many records in his name, but even today, in the international cricket record, his name is registered to complete a half-century in just 12 balls. This record of him is still recorded in all formats of international cricket. He scored 58 runs in 16 balls, during which he smashed 7 sixes and 3 fours. On the basis of Yuvi's tremendous innings, India scored 218/4 runs in that match. In this match, India defeated England by a margin of 18 runs. Later in the final, India defeated Pakistan and won the title.

The left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh played 402 matches in his international career, which includes 40 Tests, 304 ODIs, and 58 T20 matches. He scored 1900 runs in the Test match and 8701 runs in the one-day match, while Yuvi has 1177 runs in T20. He has smashed a total of 1,245 fours and 251 sixes in his international career. He has smashed 908 fours and 155 sixes in ODIs. While in T20, 77 fours and 74 sixes have come from his bat. At the same time, in Test cricket, he has hit 260 fours and 22 sixes.

In the 2011 World Cup, Yuvraj Singh scored 362 runs for India, while he also had 15 wickets to his name. Perhaps today's young generation does not know Yuvraj's stardom, but apart from the NatWest Trophy 2002 final, the 2007 T20 World Cup, and the 2011 World Cup, there were many such matches that Yuvraj had won alone. When the England team came on a tour of India in 2008, it became impossible for that team to overcome Yuvraj, scoring three consecutive centuries. He spoiled England's condition, and that too by tying a belt on the waist. Even though Sachin Tendulkar scored a century in the historic run chase in the Chennai Test, Sehwag laid the foundation for victory, but Yuvraj also played an unbeaten innings of an underrated 85 runs. 

If we say today that India has won 2 World Cups under Dhoni's captaincy, then if any player has really played the biggest role in it, then it is Yuvraj; even if you look at his records, you will be amazed by that. You can also say that there were many match-winners in Dhoni's team, but if there was anyone who was the biggest match-winner, then he was Singh is King Yuvraj. Yuvraj was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2012 and the Padma Shri in 2014. The real cricket fan of the country, Yuvraj Singh, will never forget what he did for India on the pitch.