Happy Birthday Yuvraj Singh
The heartthrob of nation, who helped team India won 2 ICC Cups (Happy Birthday Yuvraj Singh) is celebrating his 41st birthday today.
Yuvraj was born on December 12, 1981 in Chandigarh, India, and is known for his powerful batting and all-round skills.
In his outstanding 17-year ODI career, Yuvraj Singh, who is recognised as one of the best all-rounders in cricket history, has reached various heights and assisted the Indian team in several significant victories.
He participated in 304 one-day international matches for India, where he scored an incredible 8701 runs with an excellent strike rate of 87.67 and an average of 36.55.
The most significant event in his and every Indian cricket fan’s life will continue to be how he contributed to India’s victory in the 2007 ICC T20 and 2011 ICC World Cup.
How he started in international cricket?
Making his international debut against Kenya in 2000. Yuvraj didn’t take long in cementing his place in the star-studded Indian side. He instantly became everyone’s favourite due to his impressive fielding and dependable batting performances.
Apart from heroics in T20 World Cup 2007 and ICC World Cup 2011, Yuvraj had played solid cricket in the other major tournaments as well and helped India clinch the victory in many games, but the one thing that will stay with him for lifetime is tag, Sixer King.
Why everyone calls Yuvraj ‘Sixer King’?
The world was astounded by Yuvraj’s incredible stroke playing ability thanks to the stunning knock, and it also helped India advance to the 2007 ICC World Cup semifinals.
India needed to defeat England in order to keep playing in the semifinals after losing their opening match to New Zealand.
India elected to bat first after winning the toss, and their choice proved to be a wise one as both openers, particularly Virender Sehwag, began punishing loose bowls. In 14.4 overs, Sehwag and Gambhir accumulated 136 runs for the first wicket.
Yuvraj Singh enters the game with 20 balls left in the innings after India lost 3 wickets for 19 runs.
India was 155 for 3 in 16.4 overs despite both MS Dhoni’s best efforts to add additional runs.
Small Argument between Yuvraj and Flintoff
Yuvraj and Englishman Andrew Flintoff got into a small argument during the 18th over, and what followed next was unimaginable to anyone.
In the 19th over, while facing Broad, Yuvraj Singh hit six consecutive sixes, which not only helped him calm down from his rage but also helped India pass the 200-mark.
Even after 15 years, the Southpaw still retains the record for the T20I half-century with the fewest balls, doing so in just 12 balls.
India won that game by an 18-run margin and after defeating South Africa in the league stage, the powerful Australia in the semifinals, and Pakistan in the final match team India went on to win the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup.
Records and Achievements
Yuvraj played 40 tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India. He recorded 1900 runs in tests, 8701 in ODIs and 1177 in T20Is.
Yuvraj Singh named man of the tournament for his exploits throughout the World Cup 2011, which enabled India to win their second World Cup after a lengthy wait of 28 years. He scored 362 runs at an average of 90.50 with the bat and took 15 wickets with the ball.
The Sixer King, not just stopped with the bat as he showed his magic on field with the ball too, as in 40 tests he took 11, 304 ODI he dismissed 111 batters, and he bagged 28 wickets in 58 T20I games.
Yuvraj Singh holds the record of being the only bowler to take 2 hat-tricks in a single edition of IPL. He achieved this feat during the 2009 edition of the IPL, when he part of Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), he took one hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore and one against Deccan Charges.
He carries a record of smashing fastest fifty in T20Is, having achieve it in 12 balls during the league stage game in T20 World Cup 2007.
The Southpaw is the third highest among Indian batters in the list of players with most sixes in T20 Internationals with 74 sixes.
The king of sixes also holds the record of hitting the fastest fifty as an Indian youngster. He played a knock of 84 in 80 in an ICC knock-out match against Australia in 2000.
