Yuvraj Singh biodata

Yuvraj Singh

Personal information
Born	12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 30) Chandigarh, India
Nickname	Yuvi
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Batting All-rounder
Relations	Yograj Singh (father)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 247)	16 October 2003 v New Zealand
Last Test	14 Nov 2011 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 135)	3 October 2000 v Kenya
Last ODI	2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–	Punjab
2003	Yorkshire
2008–2011	Kings XI Punjab
2011–	Pune Warriors
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	35	274	97	344
Runs scored	1,709	8,051	6,114	1,0236
Batting average	35.60	37.62	44.62	38.05
100s/50s	3/10	13/49	18/30	17/62
Top score	169	139	209	172
Balls bowled	823	4,832	2,113	5,901
Wickets	9	109	21	143
Bowling average	53.66	37.24	57.66	34.51
5 wickets in innings	0	1	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	2/9	5/31	3/25	5/31
Catches/stumpings	31/–	84/–	93/–	106/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 August 2011

Yuvraj Singh  pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੰਡਾਲ, Hindi: युवराज सिंह भंदाल , (born 12 December 1981.Yuvraj Singh belong to a Sikh family.^[1][2]) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.^[3] He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad—a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Contents  [hide] 1 Early career 2 ODI career 3 Test career 4 Twenty20 career 5 Style 6 Centuries 6.1 Test centuries 6.2 ODI centuries 7 County cricket 8 Commercial interests 9 References 10 External link

Early career

Yuvraj first came to attention when he captained the U-19 Punjab cricket team in the final of the Cooch-Behar Trophy against Bihar U-19s, in which he scored 358 at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur.^[4] He then gained selection for the U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in January 2000, where he was part of a team led by Mohammed Kaif which won the tournament.^[5] Yuvraj was subsequently selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.^[6]

ODI career of yuvi

Yuvraj made his One Day International debut against Kenya in 2000 during the ICC KnockOut Trophy. He showed his potential in his second ODI which was against the Australians where he scored a quickfire 84 off 82 balls against a pace attack consisting of Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie.^[7] However, after a lean run of form, he was dropped for the one-dayers against Australia in India in early 2001,^[8] but returned later in the year and helped India win a match in Sri Lanka with an unbeaten 98.^[9]
One of his most memorable innings was a partnership with Mohammad Kaif in the NatWest Series final against England in July 2002 which led India to victory.^[10] He represented India at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He scored his first century in his fourth season with the Indian team against Bangladesh in 2003. After that he also scored hundreds against Zimbabwe and Australia, including a 139 off 119 balls at the Sydney Cricket Ground.^[11] In the Indian Oil Cup 2005, he made 110 off 114 balls (his third century) and an important partnership worth 165 runs with Mohammad Kaif, to become the man of the match against West Indies in the last match of the round robin league. After reaching his century, he attracted attention by angry gesticulations to the Indian dressing room, which was postulated to be due to his clashes with team management – Greg Chappell had been appointed as the new Indian coach and he had criticised Yuvraj.^[12] He later praised Chappell's techniques.^[13]

Yuvraj in his ODI batting kit.

Yuvraj had a good run of form late in 2005 and early in 2006 in ODIs. He was named as the man of the series in three consecutive series, against South Africa (joint with Graeme Smith),^[14] and then against Pakistan and England, in which he scored three centuries and four half-centuries in fifteen matches, which propelled him into the top ten of the ICC ODI batting rankings. During the Pakistan tour, at times when captain and vice-captain Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag were absent, Yuvraj was the on-field captain.^[12] In the next series in the West Indies, Yuvraj hit two fifties in four games, and India won the series 4–1. His performance was recognised with his shortlisting by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as one of four nominees for the One Day International player of the year award.
Yuvraj missed the first game in the series after that, the tri-series against Australia and West Indies, due to illness and after failing to reach double figures in the following two games, was axed in favour of Mohammed Kaif in the last group match. He showed signs of returning to form in the Champions Trophy, hitting a restrained unbeaten 27 to guide India to victory against England in the opening game after he was recalled in place of Kaif, but a knee injury forced him out of the final group match. He subsequently missed the tour of South Africa and was in doubt for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, but made a faster than expected recovery to play in the ODI series against the West Indies in India in January 2007. He struck a fluent 95 not out from 83 balls in India's final match against Sri Lanka before heading to the World Cup. At the World Cup, Yuvraj only managed one fifty against a lowly Bermuda and along with rest of the squad, was criticised for India's first-round exit. Nevertheless, Yuvraj kept his place in the side for the tours of Bangladesh and Ireland in 2007.
In September 2007, he was named as the ODI vice captain of Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the resignation of Rahul Dravid. He then scored 121 in a losing cause during India's One-day International series defeat at the hands of Australia before enjoying a return to form as India beat Pakistan 3–2 on home soil in November 2007 and he was named Man of the series. In the five matches, he scored four half-centuries, although he was fined after showing dissent in the final match in Jaipur.^[15]
In November 2008, he hit 138 not out from 78 balls against England at Rajkot, taking 64 balls to reach his century, which at the time was the second fastest by an Indian in ODIs, after Mohammad Azharuddin's century in 1988 against New Zealand came off 62 balls. After reaching 50 from 42 balls, he added a further 88 in the next 36 balls. He did so despite straining his back, which necessitated the use of Gautam Gambhir as a runner.^[16] This was followed by 118 from 122 balls and a 4/28—all his wickets being specialist batsmen—in the next match in Indore, earning him two consecutive man of the match awards.^[17]
In the 2011 World Cup, in India's match against Ireland, Yuvraj became the first player to take 5 wickets and score 50 runs in a World Cup match.^[18] He took his 100th ODI wicket, with the dismissal of the Netherlands' Wesley Barresi.^[19] He won the Man of the Match award four times in a row, which is just the third time the feat has been achieved after Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva (1996) and South Africa's Lance Klusener (1999).^[20] Yuvraj scored 362 runs at average of 90.50 and took 15 wickets at 25.13 runs apiece. He was hence declared the Man of the Tournament in the World Cup.