Yuvraj Singh Biography: Birth, Career, Cricket Records and Key Achievements
Yuvraj Singh was arrested and then released on bail on October 17, 2021, in connection with an alleged casteist remarks case. He earlier apologised for his unintentional remarks in an Instagram live video against cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and said that he was misunderstood.
In his Instagram live video in June 2020 with cricketer Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh commented on cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal over his TikTok videos which triggered outrage over social media. Through this article, let us have a look at the life of the former cricketer.
Full Name: Yuvraj Singh
Date of Birth: December 12, 1981, Chandigarh
Current age: 37 years 180 days
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting style: Left-hand bat
World Record: Hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in ICC World T-20 in 2007.
About Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh is a Chandigarh boy who was born in 1981 and proved to be the backbone of the Indian cricket team. Yuvraj Singh was declared "Man of the Series" in the cricket world cup 2011. Yuvraj Singh amassed 362 runs and took 15 wickets in the cricket World Cup 2011. Read this article to know more records of the Yuvraj Singh.
Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh are the only two Indians who have won the ‘Man of the Series award in the cricket World Cups so far.
Yuvraj Singh Cricket Debut
Test debut: India v New Zealand at Mohali, Oct 16-20, 2003 scorecard
Last Test: India v England at Kolkata, Dec 5-9, 2012 scorecard
ODI debut: Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI: West Indies v India at North Sound, Jun 30, 2017 scorecard
T20I debut: India v Scotland at Durban, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I: India v England at Bengaluru, Feb 1, 2017 scorecard
Yuvraj Singh was conferred with the Arjuna Award (India's second-highest sporting award) in 2012. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in 2014.
At the 2014 IPL auction Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Yuvraj for an all-time high price of Rs 14 crore and, in 2015, the Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs 16 crore making him the most expensive player ever to be sold in the IPL history.
Batting Career records of Yuvraj Singh
| Format | Mat |
Inns |
Runs |
HS |
Avg. |
100 |
50 |
| Tests |
40 |
62 |
1900 |
169 |
33.92 |
3 |
11 |
| ODIs |
304 |
278 |
8701 |
150 |
36.55 |
14 |
52 |
| T20Is |
58 |
51 |
1177 |
77* |
28.02 |
0 |
8 |
| First-class |
139 |
221 |
8965 |
260 |
44.16 |
26 |
36 |
| T20s |
231 |
216 |
4857 |
83 |
25.69 |
0 |
27 |
Yuvraj Singh was a good batsman of the Indian middle order. He had scored 8701 runs at an average of 36 along with 14 centuries in the one-day international matches.
Bowling Career records of Yuvraj Singh
| Format | Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
Ave |
Eco. |
SR |
4w |
5w |
| Tests |
40 |
35 |
931 |
547 |
9 |
2/9 |
60.77 |
3.52 |
103.4 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
304 |
161 |
5048 |
4294 |
111 |
5/31 |
38.68 |
5.10 |
45.4 |
2 |
1 |
| T20Is |
58 |
31 |
424 |
499 |
28 |
3/17 |
17.82 |
7.06 |
15.1 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
139 |
3408 |
1978 |
41 |
5/94 |
48.24 |
3.48 |
83.1 |
1 |
||
| List A |
423 |
7083 |
6010 |
166 |
5/31 |
36.20 |
5.09 |
42.6 |
2 |
1 |
|
| T20s |
231 |
130 |
1597 |
1989 |
80 |
4/29 |
24.86 |
7.47 |
19.9 |
2 |
0 |
Yuvraj Singh was a good all-rounder cricketer in all formats of cricket. He had taken 111 wickets in the ODIs and 9 wickets in the test matches.
Autobiography of Yuvraj Singh
The book “The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back” is an autobiography of Yuvraj Singh. Released on 19th March 2013. The starting price of this book was a bit high Rs. 5000 but now it is available in 480 Indian rupees.
So this was the complete overview of the cricket records of the Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj was a complete middle-order batsman who played a very crucial role in India’s victory in the cricket world cup 2011.
List of Man of the Match and Man of the Tournament Winners in the ICC Cricket World Cup
