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Yuvaraj Singhs of Cricket and Politics It is ok to criticize a player when he doesn’t perform well but people should remember that there is a difference between criticism and blaming.
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Yuvaraj singh, the handsome young prince of Indian cricket, has been a member of the Indian cricket team since turn of this century. He was the vice-captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. He was the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 ICC world cup and one of the top performers at the 2007 world cup also both of which India won. In a match against England in the 2007 World Twenty-20 championships, he famously hit six sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad, a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never in an international match between two Test cricket teams.
be effortless and brutal at the same time, than in Tests. When he started off his athleticism on the field and his canny leftarm spin, the combination made him a dream one-day player as Indian
Because of his poor innings the in-form batsmanat the other end didn’t have chance to make runs. Virat Kohli just faced eight balls in the last four overs. It was also when Yuvraj Singh was unable to play any meaningful inning in any of the match in WorldT20 in Bangladesh and retained his slot in the playing eleven simply because of his reputation. The performance was dismal. But after the loss, now arguments stirred up. No. It was just another game and people should not forget that both winning and losing are a part of game. Cricket is about team’s performance not about an individual’s performance. So it is the team who should be blamed, not Yuvraj. It was Yuvraj who significantly contributed in winning T20 World Cup in 2007.
cricket.Yuvraj Singh’s name has always been associated with the word ‘fighter and winner’ who has led Team India to many a memorable victories in the past.
When all is well with Yuvraj Singh, he hits the ball as clean and long as it has ever been hit. When all is not well, he looks so But this time in the crucial match against awkward, you forget he can hit the ball Sri Lanka in the2014 ICC World clean and long. All is well with Yuvraj more Twenty20 finals, things were often in limited-overs cricket, where he can different. Yuvraj Singh was responsible for
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If he was finding it hard to rotate the strike or making runs, then it was best to take extra risks. He ignored the important fact that India had eight wickets that time and so losing wicket was not an issue.
In 2011, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy in Boston and Indianapolis. In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April. He made his international comeback in a Twenty-20 match in September before the 2014 world Twenty 20. He got his throne as Yuvraj, King designate, back, and he was purchased by the Vijay Mallya, for his Royal Challengers Bangalore team at the topmost price in the IPL auctions for 2014.
India’s loss. He just scored 11 runs in 21 balls, in the last slog overs. This is not at all acceptable from a batsman in the Twenty -20 match.
No one can ever forget the contribution of Yuvraj in winning the ODI World Cup in year 2011. It is ok to criticize a player when he doesn’t perform well but people should remember that there is a difference between criticism and blaming. Now was it all about Rahul Gandhi ? And the Lok sabha Election 2014?
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