Yuvraj Singh might come out of retirement and he might play home cricket for Punjab subsequent season, say sources. Yuvraj, who retired from worldwide cricket in June 2019, was motivated after mentoring Punjab gamers in Indian home cricket. For now, the 38-year-old is focussed solely on enjoying Twenty20 cricket for Punjab. Yuvraj has written to Punjab Cricket Affiliation (PCA) saying he’s keen to come back out of retirement and assist Punjab win in T20s. His comeback can be topic to approval of PCA.
Yuvraj had been mentoring the cricketers from his house state forward of the Indian home season that’s prone to resume in October after a protracted COVID-19-induced break.
PCA secretary Puneet Bali had approached Yuvraj with a request to come out of retirement final month and return to the Punjab workforce as a player-cum-mentor.
“We requested Yuvraj 5, six days in the past and we’re ready his response. It will likely be actually good for Punjab cricket if he can play and mentor them on the similar time,” Bali instructed PTI in August.
Yuvraj was the Participant of the Sequence within the 2011 World Cup however a bout with most cancers in 2012 halted his profession in briefly.
Yuvraj returned in 2013 and went on to play within the 2016 T20 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy however poor kind following the 2017 match meant he was ousted from the workforce.
After greater than two years since his last game for India, Yuvraj introduced retirement from worldwide cricket through the 2019 World Cup.
In a 17-year-long worldwide profession, Yuvraj performed 40 Exams, 304 One-day Internationals and 58 T20Is. Total, he has performed 231 T20s and scored 4857 runs at 25.69.
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Yuvraj was a key contributor to India’s maiden, and up to now solely, T20 World Cup in 2007, hitting half centuries in essential matches in opposition to England and Australia, together with six sixes in an over by England’s Stuart Broad.
His all-round expertise shone by way of the 2011 World Cup when he scored 362 runs and picked up 15 wickets in India’s victorious marketing campaign.
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