Yuvraj Singh, a world-renowned professional cricketer from India who is the 1st all-rounder to score 362 runs and to take 15 wickets in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, is the new hall of Famer of Sportsmatik.
A glimpse of 2000 U-19 Cricket World Cup
From the 2000 U-19 Cricket World Cup, that India won beneath Mohammad Kaif's captaincy, Yuvraj's all-round performances at the tournament comprised a group stage match against New Zealand, in which he scored 68 runs and took 4 wickets and a fast knock of 58 off 25 balls in the semi-final against Australia, earned him the Player of the Tournament award along with a chance to play in the national cricket team. He was later selected for the first intake of cricketers in the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore in 2000. His spectacular performance left him his international cap in the year 2000.
ODI Career
At the start of a new era in Indian cricket, under the captaincy of another Fantastic left-handed batsman Sourav Ganguly, kids like Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif had the opportunity to wear the Indian jersey and represent that the national team. Yuvraj Singh made his ODI debut from the ICC Knockout Trophy against Kenya on 3 October 2000. The first-timers originally did not make any notable appearances. But the 19-year-old Yuvraj revealed his intention to perform under stress by scoring 84 runs in 80 balls from the quarter-final against Australia Facing the pacers including Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Glenn McGrath. After mixed performances from the 2000--01 season, both national and international, Yuvraj returned to the NatWest Series with a strong form. The series consisted of 3 groups - India, England and Sri Lanka. Yuvraj won the Man of the game in the first match at Lord's for its all round performance of 64* conducts and 3/39. Within another match against Sri Lanka, Yuvraj scored 31 runs and shared a very important partnership with Mohammad Kaif. The left-handed all-rounder continued to perform amazingly including the closing.
Yuvraj was batting at 146/5 chasing 325 runs when Kaif joined him. Yuvraj and Kaif shared a stable partnership and won the match with 3 balls to spare, that is considered to be among the largest ODI wins of this Indian group.
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