I Wanted To Play 100 Test Matches, Face Those Fast Bowlers, And Bat For Two Days - Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh is viewed as one of the best white-ball cricketers to have played for India. He was one of the central participants for India in the 2007 T20 World Cup and the Player of the Tournament in India’s memorable 2011 World Cup success at home.

The all-rounder was highlighted in upwards of 304 ODI games for India and in 58 T20I matches. Be that as it may, Yuvraj additionally had a red-ball career, a fairly encouraging one, which fans rarely discuss.

Indian Middle Order Was Stronger In The Early 2000s: Yuvraj Singh

Having made his debut in 2003 in Mohali against New Zealand, Yuvraj played 40 Tests for India scoring 1900 runs at 33.92 with three centuries and 11 fifties. In any case, the former India cricketer feels he didn’t get a more drawn-out rope in the longest format.

“If you compare that era to today’s era, you can see players getting 10-15 matches,” Yuvraj said in an interview on ‘Home of Heroes’ on Sports18 explaining the Indian middle-order back in his days was so strong.

“You look at that era, you could open like the way Viru started it. After that Dravid, Sachin, Ganguly, and Laxman. I got a hundred in Lahore and in the next Test I was told to open.”

I Was Unable To Convert My Starts Into Big Scores: Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj had made a promising beginning to his Test profession scoring a 59 in Multan in his very first Test in Pakistan before following it up with a thump of 112 in Lahore. He finished the 2004 visit with a battling 119-ball 47 in Rawalpindi. After a year, he indented up two scores of the 70s against Sri Lanka at home before returning to Pakistan to score 122 in Karachi.

The India extraordinary conceded that on many events he was unable to switch his starts into large scores which he feels was the principal purpose for his short Test profession.

“Eventually, when I got opportunities to play Test cricket after Dada’s retirement, I got diagnosed with cancer,” he said.

“It has just been bad luck. I tried 24×7. I wanted to play 100 Test matches, face those fast bowlers, and bat for two days. I gave it everything, but it was not meant to be.”

Yuvraj Singh was last seen in white colors for team India in 2012, 5 years before his last international game in the blue jersey.

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