A timely 52 not out off 29 balls in Royal Challengers Bangalore's easy win over Delhi Daredevils should erase the disappointment of failing to fire in the World T20 final against Sri Lanka.
Yuvraj belted England fast bowler Stuart Broad for 36 runs in an over to become the first player to achieve the mark in the shortest form of cricket.
Photos of the second Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan, being played in Ahmedabad.
Yuvraj Singh cracked a dazzling 72 before the bowlers staged a brilliant recovery in the death overs to help India clinched a nerve-wracking 11-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the second T20 International.
As Yuvraj Singh prepares to start his second innings in international cricket after his successful battle with cancer, Sachin Tendulkar says the "champion" has set a great example for not just fellow sportspersons but all those suffering from the disease.
Yuvraj Singh came up with a brilliant all-round display as India finally brought about cheer to their fans with a comfortable five-wicket victory over England in the first Twenty20 International in Pune on Thursday night. Yuvraj took three wickets for 19 from his quota of four overs, as England were restricted to 157 for 6, and then blasted 38 off 21 balls to set up an easy chase, which the home team attained with 13 balls to spare.
Anil Kumble expressed his disappointment with India's humiliating 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand, particularly criticising the team's top-order batting and the questionable pitch preparation.
Opener Gautam Gambhir and middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh were axed while stumper Dinesh Karthik was rewarded for his good batting form with a berth in India's 15-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy cricket tournament in England.
Ousted from the national team, swashbuckling batsman Yuvraj Singh would launch his desperate comeback bid when he leads defending champions Rest of India against Ranji winners Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday.
A Haryana court on Wednesday directed cricketer Yuvraj Singh to appear before it on August 18 for allegedly beating and misbehaving with former television newscaster Neelam Mahajan and her son Yuvraj Mahajan at his residence in Gurgaon.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed confidence that out-of-form Yuvraj Singh will come good in the remaining matches of the World Twenty20 but admitted that he is "under pressure and not in great touch".
Virat Kohli may replace Yuvraj Singh in Tuesday's one-day series-opener against Sri Lanka if the left-hander fails to recover from his finger injury, according to Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After putting a stop to their prolonged losing streak, Delhi Daredevils will look to carry forward the momentum when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League encounter in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Having taken a 2-1 lead in the ODI series against Pakistan India's captain said the team must guard against complacency.
Yuvraj Singh, who has started training after recuperating from a rare germ cell cancer, was today named in India's 30-member list of probables for the World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka.
Yuvraj Singh and Hashim Amla will be the star attractions in the Indian Premier League 8 auction, which will see quite a few Indian and international players go under the hammer in Bengaluru on Monday.
Emotions probably took precedence over reason even as the India team for next month's T20 World Cup was announced on Friday.
Reader Shreya Paranjape sent us these pictures from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned the clock back with a batting masterclass as the old warhorses' twin tons powered India to a 15-run win over England in the second One-day International and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The malignant tumour, for which Yuvraj Singh is getting treatment in the US is curable and the India cricketer will be back on field in three months time, his doctor said.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils.
Following Yuvraj Singh's statement that he has no intentions of leaving Kings XI Punjab, the team management has reiterated that the flambouyant left-hander was an integral part of the team.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh says he hopes to be back in action for the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September even though it would be a "big challenge" for him.
The club's cricket committee considers the nomination of players for life membership as recognition to the 'outstanding international careers for some of the greats of the game'.
Yuvraj Singh, recovering in the United States from a malignant tumour between his lungs, congratulated Virat Kohli on his stupendous unbeaten knock of 133, which helped India beat Sri Lanka in Hobart and stay in the hunt for a place in the finals of the ODI tri-series in Australia. The senior batsman in jest also advised Kohli to have 'cheeky shake' for recovery after he scored 133 off only 86 balls.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
"Yuvraj is a class act. A person of his stature and ability should not be kept out of the team," the Indian skipper said.
India's batting icon Sachin Tendulkar came out in support of Yuvraj Singh, who received a lot of his criticism for his batting failure against Sri Lanka in the final of ICC World Twenty20, in Dhaka, on Sunday.
Former chairman of national selection committee Sandeep Patil called Yuvraj Singh 'God's gift' to Indian cricket but said form and fitness will hold the key to the seasoned campaigner's participation in the 2019 World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh's heroics with bat and ball were in vain as Kings XI Punjab went down to Bangalore Royal Challengers by eights runs in the Indian Premier League match at Kingsmead, Durban, on Friday. The flambouyant all-rounder hammered a quickfire 50 off 34 deliveries (3 boundaries, 4 sixes) after performing the first hat-trick with the ball in the second edition of the tournament, but his team still ended up short.
Shown the door for slump in form, and criticised for poor fitness, India batsman Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday said he would come back stronger and answer his detractors with his trademark explosive batting.
Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab go into the game after an innings victory at home over Railways that came about after a strong all round show with their batsmen mustering over 600 runs and their bowlers backing up well.
Out of favour India cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan have returned from an intense six-week long overseas training camp to get their form and fitness back in order to regain their spots in the national squad.
The players were to play in the match, in memory of England player Ben Hollioake, who died in a car accident last year.
India's hero at the 2011 World Cup believes Hardik Pandya will be the one to watch out for in the 2019 World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh is proud of his role as Pune Warriors captain and believes that captaining an IPL team is a big responsibility.
The former India coach said the left-hand batsman plays well on hard and fast wickets.
Injured fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been virtually ruled out of the second One-Day International against England in Indore on Monday, while a final call on whether Yuvraj Singh can play will be taken before the match. Ishant had also missed the opening one-dayer after failing to recover from his ankle injury.
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