Yuvraj ( pronunciation (helpinfo)) (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian international

cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls slow left-arm
orthodox. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh. Yuvraj has
been a member of the Indian cricket team in ODIs since 2000 and played his first Test match in
2003. 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 Cricket World Cup, and one of the top performers at the 2007
ICC World Twenty20, both of which India won. In a match against England at the 2007 World
Twenty20, he famously hit six sixes in one 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.
In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent
chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis.[1][2] In March 2012, he was discharged from
the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in
April.[3][4] He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New
Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.
Yuvraj was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award, in the year
2012 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[5] In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri,
India's fourth highest civilian honour.

Contents

1 Early years and personal life

2 Career
o 2.1 Youth career
o 2.2 International breakthrough
o 2.3 2002 NatWest Series
o 2.4 2002/032004
o 2.5 20052006: Revival in form
o 2.6 2007-2011
o 2.7 2012-2014
3 Playing style
4 Indian Premier League
o 4.1 Season by season at IPL
5 Centuries
o 5.1 Test centuries
o 5.2 ODI centuries
6 Commercial interests
7 Achievements
8 Book written
9 References
10 External links

Early years and personal life

Yuvraj was born to parents Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh.[6][7][8][9][10] After his parents
divorced, Yuvraj chose to stay with his mother.[11] Tennis and roller skating were Yuvraj's
favorite sports during his childhood and he was quite good at both. He had also won the National
U-14 Roller Skating Championship. His father threw away the medal and told him to forget
skating and concentrate on cricket.[12] He would take Yuvraj to training every day. He studied at
the DAV Public School in Chandigarh. He also did two short roles as child star in Mehndi Sajda
Di and Putt Sardara.

Career
Youth career
Yuvraj started his career from the Punjab Under-16s at the age of 13 years and 11 months in
November of the 199596 season against Jammu and Kashmir-16s.[13] In 199697, Yuvraj was
promoted to the Punjab Under-19s and scored 137 not out against Himachal Pradesh Under19s.[14]
Yuvraj made his first-class debut in late-1997 against Orissa during the 1997/98 Ranji Trophy
season. In that match, he did not score any runs.[15] His first breakout performance came in the
Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy Final of 1999 against Bihar; Bihar were all out with a score of
357 and Yuvraj opened for Punjab and he made 358 runs alone. Yuvraj represented India in the
series against Sri Lanka Under-19s in India in February 1999. In the third ODI, Yuvraj scored 89
runs from 55 balls.[16] In 1999-2000 Ranji Trophy, he scored 149 against Haryana.[17]
In the ICC Under-19 World Cup 1999/00 which India won under the captaincy of Mohammed
Kaif, Yuvraj's all-round performance earned him the Player of the Tournament award and a call
to the national squad.[18] His performance in the tournament included a quickfire 58 off 25 balls
against Australia in the semis [19] and, 68 (62) and 4/36 against New Zealand in a group stage
match.[20] Yuvraj was subsequently selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket
Academy in Bangalore.[21]

International breakthrough
Yuvraj was selected in the Indian squad for the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in the back of his
impressive outings for the Under-19 team. He made his international debut against Kenya in the
pre-quarterfinal. He bowled four overs conceding 16 runs but did not get to bat. In the
quarterfinal match against Australia, Yuvraj won the man of the match for his innings of 84 (80),
against a pace attack consisting of Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie, that helped
India win by 20 runs.[22] In the semifinal against South Africa, he scored 41 and picked 1/15.[23]
He scored only 14 against New Zealand in the final which India lost. The tournament was
followed by a tri-series involving India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Yuvraj scored just 55 runs in
five innings at an average of 11. Yuvraj averaged 15.50 in the ODI series against the touring
Zimbabwe side in December 2000 after which he was dropped from the team.
Yuvraj made his comeback during the 2001 Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka. He scored a crucial
98* against Sri Lanka in the fifth match in an otherwise disappointing series with the bat.[24]

However, he proved to be useful with the ball as he picked up 8 wickets at an average of 27.[25]
In the Standard Bank triangular series involving hosts South Africa, India and Kenya, Yuvraj
managed to score only 69 runs from 6 innings, including a duck in the final against South
Africa.[26] Following this, Dinesh Mongia and Hemang Badani were chosen over Yuvraj in the
squad for the home series against England in January 2002.
Yuvraj returned to playing domestic cricket in early-2002. After a disappointing run in the Ranji
knockouts, Yuvraj struck 209 for North Zone against South Zone in a Duleep Trophy match in
March 2002.[27] He was immediately drafted into the national squad for the final two ODIs
against Zimbabwe with India trailing the series 1-2. Yuvraj made impact in his return match at
Hyderabad, scoring an unbeaten 80 off just 60 balls, to take India to a five-wicket win and level
the series. He won the Man of the Match award for his efforts.[28] In the final ODI at Guwahati,
Yuvraj made 75 runs from 52 balls, sharing a 157-run fifth-wicket partnership with Mongia who
scored his career-best unbeaten 159, to help India post a total of 333 in their 50 overs. India went
on to win the game by 101 runs and the series 3-2.[29]