Yuvraj Singh Birthday Special: This is how Virat Kohli helped Yuvi to change his mind about retirement
The sixer king of team India, Yuvraj Singh is celebrating his 37th birthday today as he was born on 12th December 1981 in Chandigarh. The hero of the world cup this man has shown many ups and downs in his career and currently also he is fighting to make his place in the team India.
Recently the former Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all the formats of cricket and discussions have been started high that will Yuvraj Singh take retirement or not? Even some reports suggest that he could take retirement just before 2019 world cup. The reason is his bad form and the better performance of young players.
Do you know Yuvraj had a mind to take retirement a few years ago but one decision of team India's captain Virat Kohli that made himself to prove once again. Actually, Yuvraj Singh himself told this in an interview. Actually, Yuvi was thrown away from the film after he was going through a bad performance and all the hopes came to an end. Then last year in January 2017 he got a chance to prove himself once again.
Yuvi who made comeback after a long time needed an inning to make his place in the team. It happened when Yuvi made his highest score in ODI of 150 runs against England on 19th January 2017. It was Yuvraj Singh's 14th ODI century and before that his last century was in 2011 world cup against Windies.
Yuvraj Singh told, "It becomes easy to believe in yourself when you got support from the team and your captain. I am happy that people sitting in dressing room have a belief in me. There was a time when I felt that I should not play now but do not to lose hope is my belief.'
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First published: 12 December 2018, 10:00 IST