Out of form Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh conceded he is short on confidence and is not at the peak of his fitness.
Yuvraj Singh issued a reminder of his enduring quality with a match-winning fifty in the Indian Premier League opener on Wednesday, saying he was batting with more freedom after his international recall.
Senior batsman and local boy Yuvraj Singh skipped the team's net session ahead of the fourth ODI against England on Wednesday, due to sore throat.
Senior cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina will lead India Red, India Blue and India Green teams respectively in the Duleep Trophy to be played at Greater Noida International Cricket Stadium from August 23 to September 14. The four-day tournament will be played for the first time with pink ball and under lights.
Veteran left-hander Yuvraj Singh feels that most of the batsmen in the ongoing Duleep Trophy have struggled to pick wrist spinners bowling with the pink ball.
World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, who survived a rare germ cell cancer, will lead the list of awardees at Sports Illustrated India's third annual Sportsperson of the Year awards, to be held in Gurgaon on May 4.
By performing well in his comeback game post a serious illness, Yuvraj Singh can afford to be his normal self as the pressure is now off him, says India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Even though Yuvraj Singh didn't seem to be quite himself -- at least till that innings in the Compaq Cup tri-series final -- he is still India's most valuable ODI player in the ongoing 2009-10 season. If Yuvraj doesn't bat well, he ends up bowling rather well. So this way or that he always brings great value.
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.
India suffered a huge jolt ahead of their Champions Trophy opener against Pakistan when star batsman Yuvraj Singh fractured a finger on his right hand.
Ashutosh Sharma revealed he didn't know where his career was heading during the time between 2020-22 when he fell out of favour with MP coach Chandrakant Pandit.
Yuvraj Singh is not the flavour of the season and was heavily criticised for his batting in the World T20 final against Sri Lanka. But many of his fans and Bollywood have rallied behind the beleaguered batsman.
The Punjab all-rounder got into an altercation with a spectator who hurled abuses at him after he was out.
Yuvraj Singh has arrived home in India after cancer treatment in United States and doctors are confident the player will not suffer a relapse, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday.
.On a different note, Yuvraj said that he is open to work as a sports/cricket administrator.
Saturday witnessed an onslaught of runs, with a total of over 450 runs scored, setting the stage for several outstanding batting performances.
Yuvraj said his feat was revenge for the five plundered by England's Dimitri Mascarenhas off his bowling at The Oval.
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.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the former state of Jammu and Kashmir did not have any 'internal sovereignty' that was distinguishable from the powers and privileges enjoyed by other states in the country.
'It's been a long time since India won a World Cup and the bitter truth is our media and importantly the social media, if they become a PR machinery for certain individuals then you will never get the result. Every member of the squad works hard to represent India, and if a broadcaster becomes a PR machinery of 1-2 players then the other members of the squad won't be able to speak out openly.'
Yuvraj Singh will play his first Test in eight months after the dashing middle order batsman was on Wednesday included in India's playing XI for the first cricket Test against England.
Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the remainder of the England Test series because of injuries. Virat Kohli and Pragyan Ojha have been named replacements.
Ravindra Jadeja took 2/49 against the Netherlands to take his wicket tally in World Cup 2023 to 16.
Yuvraj Singh has been included in Marylebone Cricket Club squad to play in Emirates T20
Both Kishan and Iyer would be fired up to perform after not getting a run against Australia.
Yet to get a game in the tournament, Rahane could find himself playing at his home ground in Mumbai if Yuvraj doesn't recover fully in time for the last-four game on March 31.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Thursday, threw his weight behind out-of-form team-mate Yuvraj Singh and said the middle-order batsman needs support as he is going through a difficult phase of his career.
They respectively scored 11 and 10 runs in their County matches.
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.
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh was on Friday signed on by Nippo Batteries as their brand ambassador.
'To take 600 wickets and to play the number of Test matches he has takes a special kind of cricketer.'
Pune Warriors skipper Yuvraj Singh expressed satisfaction at his side's second consecutive victory after beating fellow-IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala by four-wickets at the D Y Patil Stadium on Wednesday.
Star batsman Yuvraj Singh, who played a key role in India's World Cup win, said leading new IPL entrants Pune Warriors is big responsibility but he is excited to take up the challenge.
India's star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh faces a disciplinary hearing with Match Referee Mike Proctor for showing dissent after his dismissal in the first Test against Australia.
India's assistant coach denied saying Yuvraj Singh has an attitude problem and accused the Australian media of playing mind games.
Keep an eye on these five players during the tournament.
The left-hander was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire's decision during the fifth ODI against Pakistan.
Yuvraj Singh has no clue what is the reason behind Pune Warriors' unending misery in the Indian Premier League as they suffered seventh consecutive defeat and their play-off hopes are almost over.
The left-hander made just 11 runs but was lucky to end up on the winning side as Yorkshire scored an 18-run victory over Kent.
Yuvraj picked a minor injury on his hand after being hit by a delivery from bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, a Reuters cameraman said.
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