Making it clear that the 'Most Expensive Player' tagline doesn't create any pressure on him, out-of-favour India veteran Yuvraj Singh said that he "didn't tell anyone to give him" the money that he commanded at the IPL cricket tournament's auctions earlier this year.
The Indian captain admitted that asking Yuvraj Singh to bowl the last over in the sixth ODI was a "bad" move.
Images from the 1st T20 match played between India and England at the Subrata Roy Sahara stadium in Pune on Thursday.
India captain Virat Kohli said he 'felt like a club batter' when team mate Yuvraj Singh was in full flow during the ICC Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Birmingham, on Sunday.
Punjab were 221 for 7 in reply to Uttar Pradesh's first innings total of 269, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
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India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Thurday said the Indian Premier League should not be blamed for the prevailing water crisis in the drought-hit Maharashtra and it was not right to shift the matches out of the state.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the left-hander would replace Dinesh Karthik for the semi-final match against Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup.
Senior BCCI official and IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday said the BCCI is satisfied with the improvement shown by Yuvraj Singh and is hopeful of his availability during the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka.
Top Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, on Tuesday, rubbished the reported claims of a London-based bookie Mazhar Majeed that he had "access" to them, saying that they had never even met him.
India's ODI vice-captain is threatening to slip into oblivion with his run of successively poor scores on the tour.
Star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh on Monday defended India's decision to delay the declaration in the second innings, which could possibly deny them a victory in the third and final Test if the predicted showers swamp the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is recuperating in London after undergoing chemotherapy for a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, will return to the country on Monday.
Yuvraj Singh has found support from the maverick batsman, who says the India left-hander is at the receiving end of 'unwarranted criticism' following his scratchy knock in the World T20 final against Sri Lanka in Dhaka, on Sunday.
After taking an eight-run first innings lead over East, North Zone were 292 for 3 at close in the Duleep Trophy final.
New Zealand batsman Leo Carter on Sunday emulated the likes of Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh when he entered the history books by becoming the seventh cricketer in the world to hit six sixes in an over. Carter achieved the feat during his side Canterbury Kings' win over Northern Knights in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 tournament Super Smash. The 25-year-old left-handed batsman smashed left-arm spinner Anton Devcich six times over the Hagley Oval boundary during his stunning unbeaten knock of 70 off just 29 balls to seal a seven-wicket win for his side while chasing an imposing 220.
LSG made a big statement by buying Rishabh Pant for a massive Rs 27 crore -- making him the costliest purchase in the history of IPL auctions.
The Australian captain claimed that his side has devised strategies to silence Yuvraj Singh in the fourth one-day international in Chandigarh.
The left-hander had to undergo an MRI scan for a swelling in his leg on the eve of the fourth ODI against England.
Out of the national team reckoning for a while now, India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh says he will continue playing cricket till 2019 before taking a call on his retirement.
Shubman Gill met some of Manchester City's treble winning stars during their open-top bus parade in Manchester on Monday.
Yuvraj Singh is back in training after recuperating from a rare germ cell cancer and selection committee chairman Kris Srikkanth has said he wants the attacking left-handed batsman back in the side for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
The left-hand batsman, who failed to find a place in the Indian team for the first and second cricket Tests against Pakistan, has been allowed to play Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab.
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During the chat, Pietersen also said that Pant has immense talent but sometimes he ends up playing irresponsible shots, which is the main reason for his criticism.
Tired of replying to the queries regarding his illness, Yuvraj Singh, recovering from a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, has said it makes him feel ill again when people keep asking him about his health.
Two players, who were bought for big money at the Indian Premier League auction, are struggling to justify the huge amount spent on them for the eighth edition of the hugely popular Twenty20 tournament.
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh has launched another scathing attack at India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The former India cricketer has slammed Dhoni for underbowling his son and also shuffling him in the batting order. "I have played under the greatest captain - Ashok Mankad - so I know what is going around. After not playing international cricket for two years and then making a comeback is fantastic - hats off to him. The captain expects him to perform and then suddenly drops him to No 7 (against Bangladesh).
The eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, says Haresh Pandya, provides Yuvraj Singh a chance to make up for time lost and opportunities missed or squandered.
India discard Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten 204 as Rest of India set Mumbai an improbable target of 782 runs for victory on the penultimate day of the Irani Trophy in Jaipur on Monday. Mumbai were at 79 for no loss, after opener Sushant Marathe retired hurt after injuring his finger, when stumps were drawn on the fourth day at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Senior Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Monday welcomed team-mate Yuvraj Singh on his return to the country and wished him a speedy recovery following his treatment for a rare germ cell cancer in the United States.
After senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar turned down their offer, English county club Middlesex are now trying to sign his explosive team mate Yuvraj Singh for the domestic Twenty20 Cup later this year.
India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh will lead Pune Warriors in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, starting April 8. The new franchise in the hugely successful league also announced its 30-member squad on Tuesday. It includes, among others, Graeme Smith, Nathan McCullum, Wayne Parnell, Tim Paine, Jesse Ryder and Agnelo Mathews.
Key batsmen Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh, both nursing injuries, are doubtful starters for the first Test against South Africa, India coach Gary Kirsten said in Mirpur on Tuesday.
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Sachin Tendulkar benefited from an excellent series against South Africa and moved to No 21 in the LG ICC batting rankings.
Yuvraj Singh is all set to make a comeback into India's limited overs squad following some good performances when the selectors meet on Monday in Chennai to decide on the team for the lone T20 International as well as the first three ODIs.
Yuvraj Singh, who has been sidelined due to injury since November, will make a comeback in the third ODI against West Indies on Saturday.
Both batsmen scored fifties as India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the first ODI in Guwahati on Monday.
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