Thursday, April 16, 2009

Yuvraj Singh profile





Yuvraj Singh




Yuvraj Singh profile

Personal information


Born 12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 27)
Chandigarh, India
Nickname Yuvi
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.9 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
Relations Yograj Singh (father)
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 247) 16 October 2003 v New Zealand
Last Test 3 April 2009 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 134) 3 October 2000 v Kenya
Last ODI 14 March 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996/97–present Punjab
2003 Yorkshire
2008–present Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC List A
Matches 28 232 84 299
Runs scored 1,387 6,850 5,153 8,996
Batting average 35.56 37.43 43.30 38.28
100s/50s 3/6 11/40 16/23 15/53
Top score 169 139 209 172
Balls bowled 561 3,308 1,617 4,305
Wickets 7 72 18 104
Bowling average 45.14 39.56 47.83 35.28
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/9 4/6 3/25 4/6
Catches/stumpings 27/– 70/– 86/– 91/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2009





Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Slow left-arm orthodox
Achievement : More than 1000 ODI runs in the 2005-06 season; 4000 runs in ODI career with 7 centuries
Yuvraj Singh made an explosive entry into international cricket when he smashed a blistering 84 against Australia in the Nairobi Mini-World Cup in 2000-01. Since then Yuvraj''s aggressive batting and sublime fielding at the point region have been the hallmark of many Indian victories.

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