India are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their second World Cup win in 2011 on Friday (April 2) and one of the heroes of the triumph, Yuvraj Singh, devoted the win to Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. The 2011 World Cup Player of the Tournament, Yuvraj, revealed in a video message on Friday that Team India was determined to win the title for Tendulkar – who was taking part in in his final 50-over World Cup.
“It’s been 10 years since the last World Cup, time has gone by so quickly. The whole team wanted to win the World Cup so badly, especially for Sachin because we knew it was his last World Cup,” Yuvraj Singh stated in a video posted on his social media deal with.
The message got here on a day when Tendulkar knowledgeable his followers that he’s being hospitalized to get therapy for COVID-19. The former India captain had examined constructive final week.
“It is very emotional and great day for us – 10 years of our World Cup win. I wanted to do this video with all my teammates, unfortunately Sachin, Yusuf and Irfan tested COVID-19, wish them great recovery soon,” Yuvraj, who was additionally an element of the India Legends squad on the Road Safety World Series the place three different cricketers other than Tendulkar examined constructive, stated.
April 2, 2011 – a day when historical past was created! We wanted to win the WC for India & for the grasp @sachin_rt who carried the nation’s expectations over a long time!
Indebted to have the option to signify India & convey glory to our nation #AlwaysBleedBlue #WC2011 @ICC @BCCI pic.twitter.com/kCR7pTL6Bx
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 2, 2021
Yuvraj was the Player of the Tournament within the 2011 World Cup, scoring 362 runs and picked up 15 wickets together with his left-arm spin.
“We wanted to win the World Cup at home – which no other country had managed to do in the past. It was really special for us and I can’t put it in words because those emotions can’t be expressed. There were couple of great individual performances like MS Dhoni in final, Gautam Gambhir throughout the tournament, Sehwag with some great opening partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin was great throughout the whole journey, Zak (Zaheer Khan) took about 20 wickets and always got us the breakthroughs, I also managed to perform a little bit,” the Punjab southpaw stated.
“Winning World Cup is a special moment for every cricketer, when you play for India and win the World Cup, it’s eternal and it can’t be bigger than that,” Yuvraj, who was recognized with Cancer instantly after the World Cup win, added.
