Born on 12 December, 1981 in Chandigarh (Punjab), Yuvraj Singh is nick named as Yuvi or The Prince of Punnjab. He is a very talented left handed batsman, very good left arm spinner and an excellent fielder. He has many achievements with his name. He is the only player in the International T-20 World cup to hit 6 sixes in an over. He hit 6 sixes to Stuart Broad of England. He is the only player in the World cup history to score a half century and took 5 wickets in the same match. He did it in ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup. He won four man of the match awards in this world cup, the most won by any player in the World Cup history. He was also named as player of the tournament because of his all round performance. He scored 362 runs in 8 innings including one century and three half centuries and took 15 wickets including one 5 wicket haul. He is one of the only players who tasted the World Cup win in each format i.e. under 19, T-20 and 50 over World Cup. In the nutshell, Yuvraj Singh is a great all-rounder for Indian cricket. 
No comments:
Post a Comment