Yuvraj Singh hailed team-mate Virender Sehwag as he gets set for his 100th Test match, against England in Mumbai, starting on Friday.
Yuvraj said his feat was revenge for the five plundered by England's Dimitri Mascarenhas off his bowling at The Oval.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni unconvincingly defended Yuvraj Singh, whose painstaking 21-ball 11 put paid to India's hopes of a historic treble.
With their confidence on a high after the landslide win in the opening ODI, in-form batsman Yuvraj Singh's back injury is India's only concern as they prepare to take on a battered England in the second one-dayer of the seven-match series in Indore on Sunday. After drubbing the visitors by a massive 158 runs, the Indians are hoping that Yuvraj, who pummelled the English attack with an unbeaten 138, would be fit to take the field.
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India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh sustained a left ankle injury during the barefoot football session on Tuesday. In fact, Yuvraj has a history of injuries, sustained especially during training sessions, which have kept him out of major tournaments in the past. Rediff.com gives you a quick flashback of those unfortunate moments that have marred Yuvraj's career.
Yuvraj Singh blasted a quickfire half-century in his comeback to international cricket to power India to victory against Australia in the one-off Twenty20 match in Rajkot, on Thursday.
From Bollywood flicks to batting tips to having his mother by his side, Yuvraj Singh is trying his best to turn around his sagging career.
The left-hander, who injured his knee, is looking forward to playing the second ODI of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on February 5.
There are not many role models in the current Indian cricket set up other than Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and the seniors do not command much respect from the youngsters, believes former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh.
Axed from the One-Day International squad due to lack of fitness and form, Yuvraj Singh made a Test comeback when the selectors met in Chennai on Saturday to pick the Indian team for the three-match series in Sri Lanka, beginning July 10. Yuvraj was included in India's 16-member squad along with Rahul Dravid and Wriddhiman Saha.
The left-hander twisted his knee in the morning practice session before the start of second day's play of the third Test.
"Yes, there's a problem with Yuvraj's attitude. We will have to have a one-on-one with him in Sydney," Lalchand Rajput, assistant coach of the team, was quoted as saying by The Age.
The OSO actress seems to be more than just good friends with the cricketer.
Even as she celebrated India's World Cup triumph, Yuvraj Singh's mother Shabnam lashed out at the media for making her son its favourite whipping boy when he was going through a bad patch a year-and-a-half ago.
Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh will soon rediscover his touch and play an important role for India in the next year's World Cup in the sub-continent, feels legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who underwent three cycles of chemotherapy in United States for a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, returned to the country on Monday to a rousing reception from adoring fans in New Delhi.
A serious remark made by Shoaib Akthar questioning Jofra Archer's sportsmanship over the bouncer incident in the second Ashes Test was met with a hilarious tweet by former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Monday.
India made a disastrous start to the Test series against South Africa but middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh is confident that the number one side will bounce back in the remaining two matches.
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Yuvraj Singh's big hitting in the closing stages of the Indian innings made the difference, feels skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the hosts registered a thrilling 11-run win over Pakistan in the second T20 International.
India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's mother Shabnam on Friday sought to clear the air on reports that the her son owes a whopping 96.43 lakh in service tax on his income from the first and second Indian Premier League season, saying the King's XI Punjab batsman was paid only for playing and not promotional activity.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Director Amrit Thomas has said the franchise team was interested in buying back Yuvraj Singh, who was eventually snapped up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crore in the IPL players' auction.
Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua has said that it was IPL market that decided Yuvraj Singh's price of Rs 16 crore and the franchise is firmly backing the ageing star despite his failure to turn the team's fortunes in the ongoing eighth edition of the league.
Ace batsman Yuvraj Singh is unlikely to play in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League. He is undergoing treatment for a non-malignant lung tumour and is expected to be out of competitive cricket for about six months.
Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh claimed that the team management let him down towards the fag end of his international career and he could have played another World Cup after the 2011 heroics if he had enough backing.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday backed Yuvraj Singh to make his comeback to the Indian Test team after his good all-round show for India 'A' against England in the warm-up match last week.
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Comeback batsman Yuvraj Singh was picked in the India A squad which will play England XI in their opening three-day practice game scheduled from October 30 in Mumbai.
Yuvraj has had poor track record in Indian Premier League but started on a bright note with a half-century for his latest franchise Mumbai Indians.
"You will matter when it matters the most" are the words that Tendulkar told Yuvraj Singh, which served as an inspiration for the dashing all-rounder during India's World Cup triumph last year.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday admitted that they will miss the service of left-hand batsman Yuvraj Singh in the forthcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and hopes the southpaw would return to the national side soon.
Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, both struggling in the Indian Premier League, will be looking to turn their fortunes around when they face each other on Friday.
Yuvraj Singh is a heartbroken man. Despite scoring a match-winning 77 against Australia in the one-off T20 at Rajkot on Thursday, he was saddened by the news of Sachin Tendulkar's retirement.
Vivrant Sharma and Abid Mushtaq made contrasting fifties in Jammu and Kashmir's four-wicket win over Tripura on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match in Jammu on Friday.
Pant said at this point he feels emotionally overwhelmed while talking about his dynamics with the 2011 World Cup winner.
Yuvraj Singh, who played a stellar role in India's ODI World Cup triumph last year, has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States.
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