Monday, October 8, 2007

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh

India

Player profile

Full name Yuvraj Singh
Born December 12, 1981, Chandigarh
Current age 25 years 300 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Punjab, Yorkshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations Father - B Yograj Singh

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 19 29 4 830 122 33.20 1568 52.93 2 3 118 5 21 0
ODIs 187 169 25 5279 139 36.65 6050 87.25 8 30 548 75 60 0
T20Is 6 5 0 148 70 29.60 76 194.73 0 2 9 12 1 0
First-class 72 115 14 4410 209 43.66

14 20

77 0
List A 250 227 34 7236 139 37.49

11 43

81 0
Twenty20 19 18 0 474 71 26.33 338 140.23 0 4 53 20 2 0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 19 7 144 90 1 1/25 1/25 90.00 3.75 144.0 0 0 0
ODIs 187 83 2392 2045 51 4/6 4/6 40.09 5.12 46.9 1 0 0
T20Is 6 1 18 38 1 1/38 1/38 38.00 12.66 18.0 0 0 0
First-class 72
1071 591 10 3/25
59.10 3.31 107.1
0 0
List A 250
3311 2806 82 4/6 4/6 34.21 5.08 40.3 1 0 0
Twenty20 19 10 126 167 10 3/20 3/20 16.70 7.95 12.6 0 0 0

Career statistics
Statistics Statsguru Tests | Statsguru ODIs | Statsguru T20Is
Test debut India v New Zealand at Mohali, Oct 16-20, 2003 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v India at Kingston, Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006 scorecard
ODI debut Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI India v Australia at Chandigarh, Oct 8, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut India v Scotland at Durban, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut 1996/97
Last First-class Indians v Sri Lanka A at Leicester, Aug 3-5, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A India v Australia at Chandigarh, Oct 8, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Generously gifted, Yuvraj Singh is looked upon as a strong, fearless natural destined for great things. Two months short of his 19th birthday, he made an almost messianic entry into international cricket, toppling Australia in the Nairobi Mini-World Cup in 2000-01, with a blistering 84 and some scintillating fielding. In time he was to supplement these skills with clever, loopy left-arm spin. While Yuvraj's ability to hit the ball long and clean were instantly recognised, he was soon found to be troubled by quality spin and perceived to lack commitment, traits for which he temporarily lost his place in the one-day side. But on returning, for the last two one-dayers against Zimbabwe in early 2002, he swung the series India's way with a matchwinning innings in each game, and then went to England and played a key role in three Indian chases in their dream run in the NatWest tri-series. It took 15 months more, and an injury to his captain, Sourav Ganguly, for Yuvraj to get a Test look-in. On the third such opportunity, against Pakistan on the first day on a greentop at Lahore, he stroked a stunning century off 110 balls. The 2005-06 season proved to be a watershed for Yuvraj, with 1161 runs at 58 in the one-dayers, as he transformed himself into one of the keystones in India's batting line-up. He was soon preferred over VVS Laxman in Tests when India went in with five batsmen, but a lean series in the West Indies meant that he was still struggling to match potential with performance.
Rahul Bhattacharya September 2006

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