What did Sourav Ganguly do that Yuvraj Singh’s condition became weak in the debut match, he was upset all night

New Delhi: Whenever a player plays his first match in international cricket, many things are going on in his mind at the same time. With fear, nervousness and hope of better performance, when the player comes on the field, he wants to give his all, but what if the captain of the team sat on a joke with the debutant player, because of which he did not sleep the whole night. And the next morning he has to face ruthless bowlers like Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie against Australia.

Something similar happened with former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj started his international career in the year 2000 for Team India under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. Just a day before the debut, Sourav Ganguly asked Yuvraj Singh to open the match. Yuvraj Singh got scared after hearing this. The first match at the international level and the opening in that too, Yuvi got completely upset after hearing this.

Disclosing that incident in an interview, Yuvraj Singh said, ‘Captain Ganguly asked me that he will open in tomorrow’s match. When the captain asked this a day before the debut, I could not refuse and said yes but my condition had worsened. When I went to sleep at night, I could not sleep thinking about it. However, later I came to know that Sourav Ganguly was pulling my leg.

He said, ‘On the day of the match, I was sent to bat at number five. I was very nervous but after coming on the field, I concentrated completely on the ball. After this, when the shots started, my fear gradually ended.

Please tell that Yuvraj Singh played an excellent inning of 84 runs in that match. Although he also got a life on 37 runs. In this match played in Nairobi, the Indian team scored a score of 265 runs, in response to which the Australian team could only score 245 runs ahead of India’s trio of Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Venkatesh Prasad. This was the quarter-final match of the ICC Knockout and with this victory, Team India reached the semi-finals. Team India faced South Africa in the semi-finals. By crossing this hurdle, Team India reached the final but had to face defeat against New Zealand.

Recalling his debut match, Yuvraj Singh said that even if I had scored 37 today against the kind of Australian fast bowling attack I had faced for the first time, it would have been enough for me.

Yuvraj Singh’s career for Team India

Yuvraj Singh, who played cricket for India for more than a decade, had an illustrious career. He appeared in 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20 matches for Team India. He scored 1900 runs in Test cricket while he has 8701 runs in ODIs including 14 centuries and 52 half-centuries. At the same time, he scored 1177 runs in T20 format.

Apart from batting, Yuvraj Singh also showed his mettle in bowling. In bowling, Yuvraj took 111 wickets in ODIs while he has 28 wickets in T20. At the same time, he has taken 9 wickets in the Test. This dashing player of Team India had announced his retirement from all formats of cricket in the year 2019.

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