Yuvraj Singh has been concerned in a number of match-winning moments for Team India, however the left-handed batsman, who boasts of an illustrious profession on the pitch, by no means obtained to lead the unit.
In a current episode of ’22 Yarns’ podcast with Gaurav Kapur, the previous India cricketer went on to share many tales from his cricketing days. During the chat, Yuvraj additionally went on to point out, how he anticipated to put on the captain’s arm-band forward of MS Dhoni, with senior gamers Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly already out of the equation.
“So, basically, India had lost the 50-over World Cup, right? I mean there was quite a turmoil in Indian cricket and then there was a two-month tour of England and there was also a month tour in between with South Africa and Ireland. And then there was a month of T20 World Cup so there were like four months away from home. So probably the seniors thought that they need a break and obviously, nobody took the T20 World Cup seriously. I was expecting to captain India in the T20 World Cup and then it was announced MS Dhoni will be the captain,” the 39-year-old mentioned.
Yuvraj, nonetheless, affirmed that he has at all times been a group participant and supported the captain in no matter manner he may. He additionally narrated a humorous incident involving Zaheer Khan, because the latter determined to sit out for the event.
“Yes, obviously, whoever becomes captain you got to support that guy whether it was Rahul, whether it was [Sourav] Ganguly, whoever in the future, end of the day you want to be a team man and that’s how I was.”
“So, anyway, the seniors took a rest – Ganguly, Dravid, Sachin. So Zak [Zaheer Khan] says ‘I also should take rest, it has been a long tour’. I remember the first game was between West Indies and South Africa, right? And Chris Gayle hit a hundred off 50-55 balls. So Zak sends me a message in the night and he goes ‘Thank God! I rested for this tournament.’ and when we won the tournament he said ‘Oh no! I shouldn’t have rested’,” Yuvraj additional mentioned.
He has scripted a few of India’s most iconic cricketing moments. His batted his manner into folklore and bowled India to the World Cup.
And now, he is spinning some new yarns!
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Yuvraj then additionally shared the mantra behind India’s success on the inaugural version of the T20 World.
“But anyway, starting for the 2007 World Cup, we were a young team. We didn’t have an international coach or really big names. Lalchand Rajput was our coach and I think Venkatesh Prasad was our bowling coach and we were just a young team under a young captain which just landed in South Africa. I don’t think we had too much of a strategy, no one had a clue about T20 strategies because it was the first tournament. So we thought ‘Let’s just go and play the way you know’,” mentioned the left-handed batsman.
