Yuvraj Singh was born on 12 December 1981 and is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game.
144 Facts About Yuvraj Singh
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Yuvraj Singh is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
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Yuvraj Singh has won 7 Player of the Series awards in ODI cricket, which is joint 3rd highest by an Indian, shared with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly.
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Yuvraj Singh is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh.
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Yuvraj Singh was the vice-captain of the Indian ODI team between 2007 and 2008.
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Yuvraj Singh took 15 wickets in the tournament, maintaining an economy rate of 5.02.
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In 2011, Yuvraj Singh was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis.
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Yuvraj Singh made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.
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In 2012, Yuvraj Singh was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award by the Government of India.
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On 10 June 2019, Yuvraj Singh announced his retirement from all forms of International cricket.
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Yuvraj Singh last represented India in June 2017, against the West Indies.
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Yuvraj Singh had won the National Under-14 Roller Skating Championship.
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Yuvraj Singh's father threw away the medal and told him to forget skating and concentrate on cricket.
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Yuvraj Singh completed his graduation degree in commerce from DAV College, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
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Yuvraj Singh did two short roles as child star in Mehndi Sagna Di and Putt Sardara.
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In 2015, Yuvraj Singh got engaged to Hazel Keech and married her on 30 November 2016.
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Yuvraj Singh represented India in the series against Sri Lanka Under-19s in India in February 1999.
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Yuvraj Singh was selected in 2000 for the first intake of cricketers in the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
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Yuvraj Singh was selected in the Indian squad for the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy on the back of his impressive performances for the Under-19 team.
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Yuvraj Singh made his international debut against Kenya in the pre-quarterfinal.
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Yuvraj Singh bowled four overs conceding 16 runs but did not get to bat.
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Yuvraj Singh scored only 18 against New Zealand in the final which India lost.
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Yuvraj Singh scored just 55 runs in five innings at an average of 11.
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Yuvraj Singh averaged 15.50 in the ODI series against the touring Zimbabwe side in December 2000 after which he was dropped from the team.
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Yuvraj Singh made his comeback during the 2001 Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka.
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Yuvraj Singh scored a crucial 98* against Sri Lanka in the fifth match of an otherwise disappointing series with the bat.
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Yuvraj Singh made an impact in his return match at Hyderabad, scoring an unbeaten 80 off just 60 balls, taking India to a five-wicket win and levelling the series.
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Yuvraj Singh won the Man of the Match award for his efforts.
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Yuvraj Singh had scores of 5 and 8 in the final round of matches but proved to be useful with the ball as he picked one wicket in each of the two games.
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Yuvraj Singh batted in two games of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy which was held in Sri Lanka in September.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 3 against Zimbabwe in the opening match, and 62 in the semifinal against South Africa.
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In November 2002, Yuvraj Singh struggled in the first five games of the 7-match ODI series against West Indies, with a high score of 30.
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Yuvraj Singh top-scored for India in the 7th match with a 69-ball 68, but could not get support from any other batsman.
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Yuvraj Singh struggled for runs in the seven-match ODI series in New Zealand in December 2002-January 2003, averaging just above 19 with a solitary fifty.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 37 in India's opening match against Netherlands.
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Yuvraj Singh then scored a brisk 42 against England, followed by an unbeaten 50 against Pakistan setting up wins for India in both games.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 16 in the semifinal against Kenya, and 24 against Australia in the final.
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Yuvraj Singh scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 11 April 2003.
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In May 2003, Yuvraj Singh was signed-up by the Yorkshire County Cricket Club for the 2003 county season.
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Yuvraj Singh became only the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to represent the county.
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Yuvraj Singh returned to form in early-2004 in the tri-series involving Australia and Zimbabwe.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 314 runs from 8 innings at an average of 39.25, including his second ODI hundred - 139 runs from 122 balls, with 16 fours and two sixes - against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Yuvraj Singh disappointed in the ODI series with 141 runs from 5 matches, averaging just over 28, but found success in the Test series.
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Yuvraj Singh picked his maiden Test wicket during Pakistan's second innings.
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Yuvraj Singh made only 12 runs in the second Test as Pakistan levelled the series after winning the match by 9 wickets.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 47 in the final Test at Rawalpindi where India secured the series with another innings victory.
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In December 2004, Yuvraj Singh scored 94 runs at an average of 31.33 in the three-match ODI tour of Bangladesh including a quickfire knock of 69 from 32 balls in the final ODI at Dhaka.
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Yuvraj Singh had a disappointing ODI series at home against Pakistan in April 2005, scoring 98 runs in six matches at 19.60.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 192 runs in four matches, averaging 48.
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Yuvraj Singh recorded his third ODI century during the series - 110 runs from 114 balls - against the West Indies at Colombo for which he was adjudged the man of the match.
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Yuvraj Singh averaged 54 with the bat in the series, scoring 216 runs from 5 matches.
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Yuvraj Singh managed just 124 runs in six innings at an average of 31 with a top-score of 79*.
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Yuvraj Singh had a mixed home Test series against Sri Lanka in December 2005 as he registered two ducks and two half-centuries.
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The first two Tests were drawn and Yuvraj Singh batted only once, in the second Test, scoring 4.
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Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten 82 in the second match at Rawalpindi taking India to an emphatic 7-wicket win, before scoring an unbeaten 79 in the third game at Lahore and helping India successfully chase the target of 289.
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Yuvraj Singh won the man of the match award for this innings and was adjudged player of the series.
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Yuvraj Singh scored a total of 237 runs in the series at an average of 47.40 and took 6 wickets with his part-time bowling.
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On India's tour of the West Indies, Yuvraj Singh hit two fifties in the ODI series.
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Yuvraj Singh's poor run of form in Tests continued, with him scoring 104 runs from four matches at an average of 17.33 and a top-score of 39.
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Yuvraj Singh played in two group matches of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy held in India in October.
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In November, Indian team physio Andrew Leipus suggested that Yuvraj Singh was unlikely to recover from the injury before the start of the World Cup in March 2007.
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Yuvraj Singh was not named in any of the Indian squads that toured South Africa in late 2006.
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Yuvraj Singh featured in the last two matches of the four-ODI series against Sri Lanka in February 2007, and struck an unbeaten 83-ball 95 in the deciding final game at Visakhapatnam.
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Yuvraj Singh made 47 in India's first match of the World Cup, a shock defeat to Bangladesh.
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On India's tour of England, Yuvraj Singh remained on the bench throughout the Test series before finishing third on the run-scorers list in the ODI series with 283 runs from 7 matches at an average of 40.42.
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Yuvraj Singh was the vice-captain of the Indian squad at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.
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Yuvraj Singh finished his innings with 58 runs off 16 balls and won the man of the match.
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Yuvraj Singh missed the next game against South Africa due to a minor injury but recovered before the semifinal against Australia.
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India won the match as Yuvraj Singh was awarded another man of the match award.
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Yuvraj Singh was dismissed for 14 in the final against Pakistan but India went on to win by five runs and win the tournament.
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All players of the victorious Indian team were given a cash reward of 80 lakh by the BCCI while Yuvraj Singh was rewarded with an additional 1 crore as well as a Porsche 911 by the BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi.
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Yuvraj Singh was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo for the 2007 T20I World Cup.
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In September 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj were named ODI captain and vice-captain respectively, following the resignation of Rahul Dravid.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 121 at Hyderabad in a losing cause in the third of the seven ODIs against Australia, but accumulated only 71 in the other six matches of the series.
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Yuvraj Singh enjoyed a return to form in India's home ODI series against Pakistan in November 2007.
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Yuvraj Singh was fined for showing dissent in the final match in Jaipur.
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Yuvraj Singh was named in the World T20I XI by Cricinfo.
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Yuvraj Singh did so despite straining his back, which necessitated the use of Gautam Gambhir as a runner.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 85 not out and put on an unbroken partnership of 163 with Sachin Tendulkar to defeat England in the First Test at Chennai in December 2008.
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Yuvraj Singh scored a quick, unbeaten 54 in the second innings of the Napier Test against New Zealand to help India save the game after following on.
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Yuvraj Singh was dropped from the Asia Cup following the team's return from the World Twenty20 in West Indies.
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Yuvraj Singh had a dream run at the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, where he scored 362 runs including one century and four fifties, took 15 wickets, won four Man of the Match awards, the joint-most along with Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva in 1996, South Africa's Lance Klusener in 1999 and compatriot Rohit Sharma in 2019, and was adjudged the Player of the Tournament.
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Yuvraj Singh took his 100th ODI wicket with the dismissal of Wesley Barresi in the World Cup match against the Netherlands.
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Yuvraj Singh had respiratory difficulties through 2011 and in May he withdrew from the ODI series in the West Indies due to an illness.
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Yuvraj Singh's issues began with breathing difficulties, nausea and bouts of vomiting blood.
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Yuvraj Singh toured England but had to return home after breaking his finger in the Nottingham Test and later played two home Tests against West Indies.
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Yuvraj Singh had originally targeted the CB series in Australia for his return to international cricket.
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Yuvraj Singh was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC and Cricinfo.
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Yuvraj Singh's cancer was detected by a Russian doctor in 2011.
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In March 2012, Yuvraj Singh was discharged from hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.
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The selectors picked Yuvraj Singh to be a part of the 15-member Indian squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September 2012.
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Yuvraj Singh played against New Zealand in a T20I at Chennai where he scored 34 off 26 balls as his side lost by only 1 run.
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Yuvraj Singh ended up being the highest wicket taker for India in the tournament though he could not meet expectations with his bat.
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Yuvraj Singh got selected for the Test series against England at home.
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Yuvraj Singh later played 3 test matches in the 4 match test series against England after which he was dropped.
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Yuvraj Singh later was selected for the India-Pakistan Series, returning to form in the second T20I by scoring a blistering 72 off just 36 balls.
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In September 2013, Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to India's limited-overs squad for the Twenty20 and first three ODIs of the home series against Australia.
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In October 2013, Yuvraj Singh scored 77 off 35 in the only T20I against Australia at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
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However, Yuvraj Singh had a woeful time in the ODI series that followed, scoring 19 runs in four innings, and being visibly troubled by the pace of Mitchell Johnson.
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Yuvraj Singh was unable to return to form in both the home ODIs against West Indies and in the subsequent tour of South Africa, and was dropped for the New Zealand tour given the conditions in that country and the hosts' pace-heavy attack.
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Yuvraj Singh was not selected for 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh but he was selected for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in the same place.
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Yuvraj Singh then scored 60 off 43 balls against Australia at Mirpur, his eighth T20I fifty and third against Australia.
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Yuvraj Singh's 100 came up as he hit Sachin Tendulkar for a boundary.
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Notably, Yuvraj Singh was one of five senior members of India's 2011 World Cup squad who were not considered for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and was not included in India's 30-man probable list for the tournament.
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Yuvraj Singh was picked in India's T20I squad for the January 2016 Australia tour on the back of strong performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he was the third-highest run scorer with 341 runs at an average of 85.25.
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Yuvraj Singh finished the three-match series with 15 runs after getting to bat in just one innings, while taking two wickets.
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Yuvraj Singh played a crucial role in India's titular run in Asia Cup 2016, often teaming up with Virat Kohli to take the team home.
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Yuvraj Singh was a part of the Indian team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2016.
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Yuvraj Singh's team lost to India Blue in the final.
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Yuvraj Singh was picked in India's ODI squad for the home series against England in January 2017.
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Yuvraj Singh put on 256 runs for the fourth wicket along with Dhoni and helped the team post a total of 381.
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Yuvraj Singh was selected to play in the Champions Trophy 2017.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 53 off 32 balls in a group stage match against Pakistan and won the man of the match award.
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However, as a result of failing to clear the yo-yo test, Yuvraj Singh was dropped from the squad before the tour of Sri Lanka in August 2017 which ended his international career.
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On 10 June 2019, Yuvraj Singh announced his retirement from international cricket.
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Yuvraj Singh held a press conference in Mumbai where he announced his decision to retire from all formats of the game.
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Yuvraj Singh said that he had decided to "move on".
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Yuvraj Singh recounted his best memories through his career, while recalling his worst.
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In September 2020, Yuvraj Singh hinted at making a return to the Punjab team and play domestic T20s for them.
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Yuvraj Singh said that it was on the suggestion of Punjab Cricket Association secretary Puneet Bali that he had considered to come out of retirement.
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Yuvraj Singh was the icon player and captain for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab in the first two seasons; in 2010, the third season, icon player status was discontinued and the captaincy given to Kumar Sangakkara.
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On 1 May 2009, Yuvraj Singh registered his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban, the same ground where he hit his six sixes.
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Yuvraj Singh dismissed Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis.
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On 17 May 2009, Yuvraj Singh took his second Twenty20 hat-trick against Deccan Chargers at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
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Yuvraj Singh was bought by the team and chosen as captain.
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From 14 matches, Yuvraj Singh took 11 wickets and scored 343 runs at an average of 34.30, including two half-centuries.
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In 2014, Yuvraj Singh was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for 14 crore.
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Yuvraj Singh had a successful stint with RCB, scoring 376 runs and taking six wickets.
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Yuvraj Singh had a very successful IPL campaign with the Sunrisers Hyderabad with them winning the 2016 Indian Premier League.
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Yuvraj Singh played several crucial knocks at crunch moments, and some experts called him the "Unsung hero of SRH's titular run".
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Yuvraj Singh was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2017 Indian Premier League.
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Yuvraj Singh scored only 64 runs from 6 innings at a low average of 12.80.
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Yuvraj Singh batted at four different positions during those six innings and was not given a consistent run by the team management.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 53 in his debut match for Mumbai Indians, and smashed a hattrick of sixes against Yuzvendra Chahal in the next match, but he wasn't given a longer run by the team management, and was dropped after he failed in the next two matches.
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Yuvraj Singh was released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.
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In June 2019, Yuvraj Singh was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.
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Yuvraj Singh played for the Maratha Arabians in the Abu Dhabi T10 League in 2019.
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Yuvraj Singh is primarily a left-handed batsman but can bowl part-time left-arm orthodox spin, which he improved in the latter part of his career.
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Yuvraj Singh is regarded as a better batsman against fast bowling than spin bowling, and cites the Indian Oil Cup 2005 as a turning point in his career.
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Yuvraj Singh was signed by Microsoft to be a brand ambassador for the Xbox 360 video game console when it was launched in India in 2006.
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Yuvraj Singh appeared in advertisements for the console alongside Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.
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Yuvraj Singh has been involved in sports based e-commerce; he is a brand ambassador of sports365.
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Yuvraj Singh is the brand ambassador for the sports brand Puma.
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Yuvraj Singh was appointed as the brand ambassador of Ulysse Nardin watch in 2013.