Yuvraj Singh could come out of retirement and play domestic cricket for Punjab next season, sources say. Yuvraj, who retired from international cricket in June 2019, was motivated after mentoring Punjab players in Indian national cricket. For now, the 38-year-old is focused only on playing Twenty20 cricket for Punjab. Yuvraj has written to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) saying that he is eager to come out of retirement and help Punjab win in T20, sources told NDTV. Your return will be subject to PCA approval.
Yuvraj had been mentoring cricketers in his home state ahead of the Indian national season that is likely to resume in October after a long COVID-19-induced hiatus.
PCA Secretary Puneet Bali had approached Yuvraj with a request to come out of retirement last month and return to the Punjab team as a player and mentor.
“We requested Yuvraj five or six days ago and we are waiting for his reply. It will be really good for Punjab cricket if he can play and guide them at the same time,” Bali told PTI in August.
Yuvraj was the Player of the Series at the 2011 World Cup, but a fight with cancer in 2012 temporarily halted his career.
Yuvraj returned in 2013 and went on to play in the 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2017 Champions Trophy, but his poor form after the 2017 tournament meant he was sent off the team.
After more than two years since his last game for India, Yuvraj announced his retirement from international cricket during the 2019 World Cup.
In a 17-year international career, Yuvraj played 40 tests, 304 one-day internationals and 58 T20I. Overall, he has played 231 T20 and scored 4857 runs at 25.69.
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Yuvraj was a key contributor to the Indian maiden, and so far the only T20 World Cup victory in 2007, batting half a century in crucial games against England and Australia, including six sixes in an over from England’s Stuart Broad.
His skills in all respects shone through during the 2011 World Cup when he scored 362 runs and collected 15 wickets in India’s victorious campaign.
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