Yuvraj Singh Ambitious Of Playing The 2019 World Cup for India

Veteran India cricketer, Yuvraj Singh, who has been out of the team for quite some time now, is ambitious to play the 2019 World Cup next year in England.

Meanwhile, since recovering from his cancer, Yuvraj has been in and out of the team. However, having a poor domestic season and IPL, Yuvraj has started to find his form this time around.

In seven outings in the Hazare Trophy, Yuvraj Singh smashed nine sixes, amassing up 264 runs at an average of 37.71. The India all-rounder struck at 81.48 per 100 deliveries faced – only the three above him in the Punjab run-scorers’ chart had higher strike-rates among specialist batsmen. Furthermore, Yuvraj looked like he was enjoying himself, embracing the role of a mentor whole-heartedly while ensuring he enjoys his batting.

“My decision to make is that I want to go happily playing the game. I didn’t have a good domestic season last year, I had a bad IPL,” he says. “I took a break and I thought that if I am looking to play another year or two years, I want to go playing this game happily because this game has given me everything.

“So I went to England for five weeks to a training camp this summer, I worked hard on my fitness. I was in Cirencester, at a habitat centre. I worked with a trainer called James, a former Marine, for five weeks. And when I got back home, I had another three weeks on my own; I had eight weeks of fitness before I started the season. I didn’t have too much good (batting) practice before coming here, I just played one practice game against Madhya Pradesh. But I just felt mentally very good,” the all-rounder added. 

Yuvraj Singh ambitious of playing the World Cup

Two months shy of his 37th birthday, Yuvraj looks in top shape. And that is no accident, as he reveals. He is ambitious enough to play for India again, at the 2019 World Cup.

However, he realises that whether he gets to be part of that journey or not is not only his call.

“I felt that I was fitter, I was stronger compared to last year when I was not in a good mental space. The key for me has always been to be in a good mental space, that’s when I have played good cricket. I have just focussed on being in a good space and obviously, the results showed. I have been hitting the ball really well and scored a few consistent scores. Let’s see what happens now,” Yuvraj Singh concluded.