Published 16:05 IST, December 12th 2020
Yuvraj Singh birthday: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma confirm ex-player 'ragging' them; WATCH
Amidst the Yuvraj Singh birthday celebrations, let's take a look at some interesting incidents shared by Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for the cricketer.
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India's star player Yuvraj Singh enjoyed an illustrious career that was filled with several accoles. cricketer h reputation of taking opposition bowlers to cleaners with his impeccable timing. Apart from his remarkable batting outings, left-hander also chipped in with useful contributions with ball and was also considered as a gun fielder. He shared a great camarerie with his teammates. Let's look at some secrets spilled by m regarding Yuvraj Singh's personality on his 39th birthday.
Yuvraj Singh Birthday: Southpaw unimpressed with Virat Kohli's food
Virat Kohli is very close to former cricketer and has h many memorable moments with him. In Gaurav Kapur-hosted YouTube talk show, Breakfast With Champions, India captain revealed how Yuvraj Singh would ring him up and ask him to order food during ir tours back when Kohli was a 'junior' in team. Kohli mentioned how Yuvraj would ask him to order food of his choice but later on, criticize food surprisinfly. However, Kohli ded that despite all of this, left-hander would never order it himself and always relied on Kohli, with idea being that Yuvraj always wanted to make a mockery of his teammates in fun.
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Yuvraj Singh birthday: Rohit Sharma's first encounter with left-hander
Rohit Sharma, in an episode of same talk show, spoke of his first meeting with Yuvraj, and how senior cricketer ordered him to vacate his seat from team bus. Rohit Sharma revealed that his excitement was at its peak during his first tour with side, and he was diligently sitting in bus and observing or cricketers. He went on to d that he n witnessed flamboyant Yuvraj Singh talk towards vehicle.
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Yuvraj Singh apparently asked Rohit Sharma to find ar seat in bus, as he was sitting on 39-year-old's preferred spot. Sharma mentioned how he was taken aback by this behaviour from star player and also stated that it was t easy to initiate a conversation with him during his early days. right-hander mitted that it was after Yuvraj's six sixes against England in inaugural ICC T20 World Cup that he broke ice and asked Sharma to accompany him for a meal.
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Yuvraj Singh 6 sixes moment
Yuvraj Singh IPL career
left-hander proved to be a celebrated white-ball cricketer for nation, and his heroics in limited-overs matches me him a hot favourite amongst franchises. Over years he has represented as many as six different teams in cash-rich league. According to Insidesport's Moneyball, Yuvraj Singh has me around ₹84.6 crore in his IPL career.
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Im source: Rohit Sharma Twitter
Video source: Oaktree Sports/YouTube
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16:04 IST, December 12th 2020