YUVRAJ SINGH Biography by lovely gupta

Yuvraj SinghFirst Name: Yuvraj
Last Name: Singh
Born: 12 December 1981, Chandigarh
Nick Name Yuvi
Height: 6'2
Major Teams: Punjab, India.
Known As: Yuvraj Singh
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Medium
Biography:Yuvraj born in Chandigarh at 12 December 1981.At 19, Yuvraj is already an all rounder who has proven himself. One need look no further than his performance in the domestic youth competitions and in the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. In the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy in the 1999-2000 season, Yuvraj made 358 against Bihar. Any batsman who has the ability to play an innings of that length is bound to be a force to reckon with. Following that performance up with what was an extremely successful World Cupin Sri Lanka, Yuvraj caught the eye of many a cricket pundit. He was named player of the series for scoring heavily through theWorld Cup, including a tremendous half century that came off just 20 balls in the semifinals against Australia.


Generously gifted, Yuvraj Singh is looked upon as a strong, fearless natural destined for great things. Two months short of his 19th birthday, he made an almost messianic entry into international cricket, toppling Australia in the Nairobi Mini-World Cup in 2000-01, with a blistering 84 and some scintillating fielding. In time he was to supplement these skills with clever, loopy left-arm spin. While Yuvraj's ability to hit the ball long and clean were instantly recognised, he was soon found to be troubled by quality spin and perceived to lack commitment, traits for which he temporarily lost his place in the one-day side. But on returning, for the last two one-dayers against Zimbabwe in early 2002, he swung the series India's way with a matchwinning innings in each game, and then went to England and played a key role in three Indian chases in their dream run in the NatWest tri-series. It took 15 months more, and an injury to his captain, Sourav Ganguly, for Yuvraj to get a Test look-in. On the third such opportunity, against Pakistan on the first day on a greentop at Lahore, he stroked a stunning century off 110 balls. The 2005-06 season proved to be a watershed for Yuvraj, with 1161 runs at 58 in the one-dayers, as he transformed himself into one of the keystones in India's batting line-up. He was soon preferred over VVS Laxman in Tests when India went in with five batsmen, but a lean series



One Day International (ODI) and Test Debut 
Yuvraj Singh made his debut in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket with a match against Kenya played on 3rd of October 2000 at Nairobi. Although he didn’t get a chance to bat in the match, he took no wicket and gave away 16 runs in the match. In his next ODI match against Australia just 4 days after the debutante one, Yuvraj showed his batting prowess by scoring 84 runs off just 80 balls. He began his Test Cricket career with a match against New Zealand played on 16th of October 2003 at Mohali. He scored 25 runs in the match, including 3 Fours and 1 Six.

Remarkable Achievements 
Basically Yuvraj is a Left Handed batsman and often he bowls as a Left Arm Orthodox Spinner. He is considered to fare better as a batsman facing Spin Bowlers in comparison to Fast Bowlers. Yuvraj is also said to be one of the efficient fielders the Indian Cricket team has got, and according to a study he was the 4th ranked fielder in the world in terms of having maximum number of effected run-outs in One Day International (ODI) Cricket matches between 1999 and 2005. In the 131 ODI matches he played during the tenure, Yuvraj as a fielder made 21 run-outs possible.







Overall Performance 
In his overall Test Cricket career till April 2009, Yuvraj Singh has played 28 Test matches in which he has scored 1387 runs including 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries, with an average of 35.56 runs and a highest score of 169 runs. He has managed to grab 7 wickets giving away 316 runs with an average of 45.14 runs in these matches.

As far as his One Day International (ODI) Cricket career is concerned, he has played 232 ODI matches till April 2009 and has scored 6850 runs including 11 centuries and 40 half-centuries with an average of 37.43 runs and a highest score of 139 runs. In these matches, he took 72 wickets and gave away 2849 runs with an average of 39.56 runs.

Yuvraj Singh is the Captain of the Kings XI Punjab team of the Indian Premier League 2009, and in a match against Kolkata Knight Riders played on 21st of April 2009 at Durban, he scored 38 runs off 28 balls, although he couldn’t get his team the victory in the match, as Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs.