Yograj Singh, yet again expressed his agony and gloom regarding Yuvraj’s early retirement. He put the whole blame of his concern on former captain MS Dhoni in an interview with Zee Switch youtube channel.
In the interview, he said “I won’t forgive MS Dhoni. He should look at his face in the mirror. He is a very big cricketer, but what he has done against my son, everything is coming out now; it can never be forgiven in life. I have never done two things in life – first, I have never forgiven anybody who has done wrong for me, and second, I have never hugged them in my life, be it my family members or my kids.
Yograj Singh further added, “That man (MS Dhoni) has destroyed the life of my son, who could have played four to five years more. I dare everyone to give birth to a son like Yuvraj.
Even Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have said in the past that there won’t be another Yuvraj Singh.
India should award him the Bharat Ratna for playing with cancer and winning the World Cup for the country.”
Dhoni represents Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), taking them to 10 finals and winning five of them.
Dhoni was the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2017 and in test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020 from international cricket.
Yograj Singh has attacked Dhoni before. Earlier this year, he claimed that CSK lost IPL 2024 due to Dhoni’s bad deeds and that Dhoni is “jealous” of Yuvraj.
“CSK lost IPL 2024. Why did they lose? It’s whatever you sow, so shall you reap. Yuvraj Singh is the ICC Ambassador; hats off to him! And this jealous Dhoni, where is he? He didn’t even shake hands with Yuvraj, and that is the reason why CSK failed this year.”
WHO IS YOGRAJ SINGH ?
Yograj Singh, the father of Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, was a fast-medium bowler with a right arm and was chosen for India’s 1980–1981 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He is also a Punjabi and Hindi cinema actor.
He was a former seamer for India who participated in one Test and six one-day internationals. His only debut was in a Test match, which was Wellington against New Zealand, in which India lost by 62 runs.
After his career came to an end by injury, he got into Punjabi and Hindi cinema. His Bollywood film credits include Teen Thay Bhai, Singh is Bling and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
He is however constantly attacking former India captain Dhoni in public and saying that he destroyed his son Yuvraj.
YUVRAJ SINGH CAREER IN BRIEF
Yuvraj Singh is an Indian cricketer who bowled with his left arm and batted with his left hand.
HIS RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
In One Day International (ODI) cricket, Yuvraj Singh earned seven Player of the Series accolades, which is the third highest achieved by an Indian cricket team
1. He smashed six sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad during a 2007 World Twenty20 match against England. This was a legendary moment that had only been accomplished three times in senior cricket and never in an international tournament between two teams with Test match status. He achieved 50 runs in 12 balls in that same match, setting the record for the fastest half-century in international cricket and the fastest fifty in Twenty20 Internationals as well as all T20 cricket. Yuvraj Singh’s record has not been surpassed by anyone. Batman, Yuvraj Singh, was also referred to as Sixer King and was a very fast run scorer.
2. Yuvraj received the Government of India’s 2012 Arjuna Award, which is the country’s second-highest athletic honor.
3. As the fourth-highest civilian honor in India, he received the Padma Shri in 2014.
4 . At the 2014 Indian Premier League auction, Yuvraj was purchased by Royal Challengers Bangalore for an unprecedented ₹14 crore. Two years later, the Delhi Capitals paid ₹16 crore for him, making him the second most exorbitant player to be sold in IPL history.
HIS LIFETIME PERFORMANCE
ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
In 2000, Yuvraj made his international debut for India against Kenya in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). Yuvraj Singh took part in 304 international one-day cricket matches. Throughout his ODI career, Yuvraj Singh scored 8701 runs with 14 hundred and 52 half-centuries. Apart from this, in his ODI career, Yuvraj Singh has taken 111 wickets overall. In June 2017, Yuvraj Singh fought against the West Indies in his final ODI game.
TEST MATCH
In his first Test match against New Zealand in 2003, Yuvraj Singh faced opposition. Yuvraj Singh has played 40 international Test matches for Team India cricket. With a maximum score of 169 runs in an inning, Yuvraj amassed 1900 runs in his 40 Test matches. Over his Test career, Yuvraj Singh has amassed eleven half-centuries and three centuries. He took 9 wickets for 547 runs in 40 Test matches as well. Yuvraj Singh fought against England in December 2012 for his last Test match.
T – 20
In his first international T20 team game against Scotland on September 13, 2007, Yuvraj Singh made his debut. Yuvraj Singh amassed 1177 runs during his 58 games in the international T20 league. Yuvraj has eight half-centuries in his international T20 career. We would like to notify you that the quickest 50-ball score in Twenty20 cricket is held by Yuvraj Singh.In December 2012, Yuvraj Singh fought his final Test match against England.
IPL
The current Delhi Capitals squad purchased Yuvraj in 2015 for 16 crores from the Delhi Dared Devils. Sunrisers Hyderabad paid Rs 7 crore to acquire Yuvraj in 2016. On this team, Yuvraj did a great job with 23 balls; he won 38 carries.
In 2019 he made his last Indian Premier League (IPL) appearance for the Mumbai Indians (MI).
END OF HIS CAREER
He received chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis after receiving a diagnosis of a malignant tumor in his left lung. He had a spectacular return to international cricket in September 2012, despite this setback.
Despite his continuing participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL), he was unable to repeat his previous achievements. June 2019 saw Yuvraj Singh’s official retirement from the game of international cricket, after an incredible career.
