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.
Former India captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday lauded Yuvraj Singh's inclusion in the Indian T20 team terming him as a 'crowdpuller like John McEnroe'.
Flamboyant left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh says he felt like he rediscovered his old touch en route to a breezy 35, which played a pivotal role in India's five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup match, in Mirpur, on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yuvraj said his feat was revenge for the five plundered by England's Dimitri Mascarenhas off his bowling at The Oval.
Although Pant left no stone unturned, ticking all the boxes, the 26-year found the rehab mundane.
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.
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.
Out of six finals played, India have won three World titles, including two ODI World Cups (1983 and 2011) and one T20 World Cup in 2007.
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.
They respectively scored 11 and 10 runs in their County matches.
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.
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.
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh was on Friday signed on by Nippo Batteries as their brand ambassador.
The wait was a long one - but Sarfaraz Khan made the most of the opportunity handed to him as the Mumbai batter struck a stroke-filled half-century on his Test debut.
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.
Yuvraj Singh has been included in Marylebone Cricket Club squad to play in Emirates T20
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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.
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.
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.
India's assistant coach denied saying Yuvraj Singh has an attitude problem and accused the Australian media of playing mind games.
Last year, MP's Ashutosh Sharma smashed an 11-ball fifty, breaking Yuvraj Singh's record for the fastest half-century by an Indian in T20 cricket.
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.
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.
Yuvraj Singh has been cleared of dissent following a hearing into his reaction to an umpiring decision in the first Test.
Yuvraj picked a minor injury on his hand after being hit by a delivery from bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, a Reuters cameraman said.
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.
Images from the India and Ireland match, at Bangalore, on Sunday.
