Yuvraj Singh Profile
By Rajeev on Aug 7, 2010 in Uncategorized
Born: 12th December, 1981, Chandigarh, Mohali
Nickname: Yuvi
Height: 6ft 2 inch
Batting Style: Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Kings XI Punjab, Punjab, Yorkshire
Test Debut: 16th October 2003 v New Zealand
ODI Debut: 3rd October 2000 v Kenya
T20I Debut: 13th September 2007 v Scotland
A stylish left hander born on 12th December 1981, he came to the light with a superb knock of 85 runs of just 82 balls in his second ODI against quality Australian bowling attack in the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy.
He is treat to watch while playing the pace attack however he looks little vulnerable while facing the spinners. And only because of this problem he was dropped from the squad on quite few occasions in his early part of his career. However with time it seems that he has improved his weakness and now looks more stylish players in ODI and T20 format of the game.
After retirement of Sourav Gannguly he now a regular member of the test squad also but he is yet to make his mark in longer version of the game in comparison to what he has done in ODI and T20.
He has good all-rounder ability with bat and ball. He is ranked 4th greatest fielder in the world. In the inaugural twenty20 world cup 2007 he hit six sixes of England fats bowler Stuart Broad to get in the lime light and also went on to score the quickest half-century of just 12 balls, which is highest in any form of the game. Yuvraj Singh also scored 70 runs off 30 balls and went on to claim the Man of the Match against Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals at Durban.
Now he is the regular and most dependable player of the Indian team.
| Yuvraj Singh Cricket Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Batting Records | Tests | ODI’s | T20’s |
| Matches | 34 | 250 | 22 |
| Innings | 52 | 230 | 21 |
| Runs Scored | 1639 | 7345 | 555 |
| Batting Averages | 35.63 | 37.09 | 32.64 |
| Strike Rates | 58.91 | 88.87 | 153.73 |
| 100s | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 50s | 9 | 43 | 5 |
| 4s | 227 | 748 | 33 |
| 6s | 16 | 135 | 38 |
| Highest Score | 169 | 139 | 70 |
| Bowling Records | |||
| Balls Overs Bowled | 751 | 3932 | 120 |
| Wickets | 8 | 82 | 7 |
| Bowling Average | 53.87 | 40.41 | 24.85 |
| Economy Rate | 3.44 | 5.05 | 8.70 |
| Best Bowling (Wicket/Run) | 2/9 | 4/6 | 3/23 |
| Catches | 30 | 72 | 6 |





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