Ought to have performed extra Take a look at cricket

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir talked concerning the profession of Yuvraj Singh. He acknowledged that his former teammate ought to’ve performed most Checks and had he completed that his numbers would have been the identical as within the white-ball profession. 

Yuvraj Singh arguably was probably the greatest all-rounders that the sport of cricket has seen. He was one of many foremost causes behind India profitable the T20 World Cup 2007 and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the place he was Man of the Match, for his stupendous effort with the bat and ball. 

Yuvraj Singh was rated as a white-ball big as he was one of many main causes behind the dominance of the Indian workforce within the white-ball format. He was touted as one of many largest match-winners for India in T20Is and ODIs however in some way could not replicate the identical in Checks. 

This comes as an enormous shock as a result of Yuvraj Singh had unbelievable FC numbers. He scored 8965 runs at a mean of 44.16. Nevertheless, his numbers on the worldwide stage in purple ball weren’t as nice as he would’ve wished, particularly with him being profitable in white ball. 

Yuvraj Singh performed simply 40 matches and scored 1900 runs at a mean of 33.92. However the presence of gamers like VVS Laxman, and Sachin Tendulkar batting within the center in Checks, meant he could not get a constant run within the longest format of the sport. 

Gautam Gambhir believes that Yuvraj Singh may’ve proved to be a giant participant for India in Checks and it was shocking that he could not. Chatting with Sportskeeda, he defined: 

“He scored a triple century within the Cooch Behar remaining towards Bihar and after that, I didn’t doubt that Yuvraj Singh will play Worldwide cricket. He didn’t shock me even somewhat bit with what he achieved on the worldwide degree. 

“The one shocking factor is the actual fact I consider that he ought to have performed extra Take a look at cricket. Had he performed extra Checks, his report would have improved and it could have been just like his white-ball numbers.” 

I keep in mind how Yuvraj Singh struggled along with his well being within the 2011 World Cup – Gautam Gambhir 

Gautam Gambhir additional highlighted what Yuvraj Singh went by way of with well being points within the 2011 World Cup. He identified that even after well being points, the all-rounder gave his every little thing for the workforce. He added: 

“I keep in mind how Yuvraj Singh struggled along with his well being within the 2011 World Cup, and the perfect half is, he didn’t let anybody know. This exhibits once you play for India, how a lot it issues. I’ve performed towards Yuvraj on the U-19 degree, even then, his high quality and ability ranges had been unbelievable.” 

Yuvraj was affected by chest most cancers in the course of the ICC Cricket World 2011. Nevertheless, he did not quit as he gave his greatest regardless of struggling and helped the workforce win the World Cup after 28 years as India beat Sri Lanka within the remaining on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.