Delhi: Former explosive batsman Yuvraj Singh, known as the ‘Sixer King’ of the Indian cricket team, is celebrating his 43rd birthday today. He was born on 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh. Yuvraj, who holds the world record for the fastest half-century in T20 International cricket, is receiving a lot of birthday wishes from the entire cricket world. Even today, many big records are registered in the name of Yuvi in white ball cricket.
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After making his mark in aggressive batting and fielding, Yuvraj was surrounded by a serious disease like cancer. Although, he made a comeback on the cricket field after defeating cancer, but shortly after his return, he was dropped from Team India. Due to this, he said goodbye to cricket forever and India lost one of its big stars.
Due to his explosive batting ability, even the world’s leading bowlers were afraid of Yuvraj. In the 2007 T20 World Cup held in South Africa, Yuvraj hit six consecutive sixes in one over of England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad. Apart from this, Yuvi played many more aggressive innings, due to which India won many matches.
Yuvi played an important inning of 69 runs against England in the NatWest final of 2002, due to which India created history on foreign soil by achieving the mountain-like target of 325 runs against the British. This match may be known for Sourav Ganguly’s t-shirt rotation and Kaif’s brilliant performance, but the counter attack was started by Yuvi. Today we will know about 5 unheard things about Yuvraj Singh –
Was champion in skating championship
Before coming to cricket, Yuvraj was interested in skating and had also won the Under-14 National Skating Championship. However, his father Yograj Singh inspired him to focus on cricket.
Acted in ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karoge’
Yuvraj worked in a small role in the film ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karoge’ in 2002. However, due to his focus on cricket, he did not choose acting further.
failed in 12th class
Yuvraj was not much interested in studies. After failing in 12th class, he completely focused on cricket.
Founder of Charity Foundation
After his cancer experience, Yuvraj started a charity foundation named ‘YouWeCan’, which helps cancer victims.
Stories of ups and downs in relationships
Yuvraj was linked with many Bollywood actresses, such as Kim Sharma and Deepika Padukone, but he married Hazel Keech in 2016.