Raina hailed Australia's mentality and talked about how their mindset makes them a tough opposition to face, especially in the final.
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.
Pant said at this point he feels emotionally overwhelmed while talking about his dynamics with the 2011 World Cup winner.
Yuvraj Singh, who smashed a blistering century against West Indies A on Sunday, said his knock was very satisfying as it came against a high quality West Indies attack.
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After exchanging heated words with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, Yuvraj was all fired up. Stuart Broad, who came in to bowl the 19th over, was smashed for 6,6,6,6,6,6.
The Central excise department slapped a notice on King's XI Punjab cricketer Yuvraj Singh seeking payment of service tax to the tune of Rs 1.15 crore raised on his income from two seasons of Indian Premier League (IPL) and endorsements.
Smashes six sixes in an over in T20I vs Qatar
West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to field in the fourth One-Day International against India.
"Over the years our friendship has grown but\nstill I retain the respect for him," the Punjab batsman said.
There was good news for India ahead of the World T20 semi-final against South Africa as in-form Yuvraj Singh batted for a long time during the team's net session in Fatullah on Thursday, giving the coach and captain a chance to assess how his injured ankle was shaping.
Yuvraj Singh's superb all-round performance helped India outclass Ireland by five wickets in their third World Cup encounter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bangalore, on Sunday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that out-of-form Yuvraj Singh is "under pressure and not in great touch", but expressed confidence that the all-rounder will come good in the remaining matches of the World Twenty20.
Team India batsman Yuvraj Singh will be a part of the International Cricket Council's global celebration of the spirit of cricket and will speak about his experience of playing in Pakistan on the governing body's special centenary year website. The initiative, named 'Catch the Spirit' centenary celebration, will feature each of the ICC's 104 members, who will be hosting activities inspired by the spirit of cricket as part the celebration, the governing body said.
Yuvraj slammed the youngsters who dropped too many catches in the outfield
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident that stylish batsman Yuvraj Singh would go on to complete his hat-trick of tons in the third ODI against England on Thursday.
Pune Warriors' assistant coach Rob Walters said losing the wickets of Yuvraj Singh and Luke Wright in the same over proved to be the turning point in his team's 15-run loss to the Delhi Daredevils in a Pepsi IPL match in Raipur.
Gagandeep Singh's five-wicket haul restricted Railways to 390 in an 'Elite' Group A Ranji Trophy match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore director P A Murali revealed the strategy behind not retaining Yuvraj Singh, saying it was to ensure that the purse of other teams are exhausted and help them get better cricketers for IPL 8.
For all the joy that the World Cup triumph has brought in, there is also a tinge of sadness in the Indian cricket team as it marks the end of inspirational coach Gary Kirsten's tenure and batsman Yuvraj Singh says the "father figure" would be missed.
Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten half-century after he took five wickets with the ball to script India's five wicket victory over Ireland in Bangalore, on Sunday.
The Indian all-rounder injured his left knee after slipping during a game of kho-kho that the team played at the start of a net session.
Star players Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan expectedly returned to the team as the national selectors on Saturday announced a full-strength 17-member Test squad for India's upcoming tour of England starting mid July.
Yuvraj Singh himself has been left surprised by his dream run at the Twenty20 World Cup.
With Yuvraj Singh in prime form and Australian Moises Henriques and Ben Cutting making all-round contributions, Sunrisers are favourites going into the match.
Yuvraj Singh roared back to form with a blazing innings of 60 and R Ashwin claimed career-best figures of four for 11 as India crushed Australia by 73 runs in the inconsequential Group 2 league match of the ICC World T20 in Mirpur.
Images from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant is looking to make his mark and secure a win in his team's first home game of the season.
Former cricketer Irfan Pathan has heaped praise on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling allrounder Shivam Dube and suggested that India selectors should keep a close eye on 30-year-old for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from a rare germ cell cancer in his lungs, visited the Siddhi Vinayak temple in Mumbai on Monday.
The Indian team regularly undergoes a series of fitness tests with 'Yo-Yo' endurance test being the most important of them.
'Rising to the occasion once again and playing a well-balanced knock!'
Yuvraj Singh has been asked to bowl in order to improve his batting and he takes this advice rather seriously as it comes from none other than Sachin Tendulkar.
With just two wins from seven games, the Royals, languishing at eighth on the table, come into the contest on the back of a gut-wrenching Super Over defeat to Delhi Capitals.
Making a comeback in international cricket after successfully fighting cancer, Yuvraj Singh said that playing the Twenty20 International against New Zealand would be the biggest moment in his career since the cricket World Cup final.
Both left-handers scored centuries as India recovered from a precarious 61 for 4 to 365 for 5 at close on Day 1 of the third Test against Pakistan.
The left-hander cracked 14 fours and a six as he added 95 runs for the second wicket with England all-rounder Craig White in just 27 minutes.
After an inspirational comeback into international cricket since recovering from rare germ cell cancer, Yuvraj Singh will now be back in white flannels as North Zone take on Central Zone in a Duleep Trophy semis in Hyderabad on Sunday.
India's under-19 cricket team was swamped with congratulatory messages from politicians, cricketers and corporate bosses on Twitterati for lifting its third U-19 World Cup title after a gap of four years at Townsville.
Reader Sudha Thakur sent us these pictures from London.
