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Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian international cricketer, he's an all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh. Yuvraj has been a member of the Indian cricket team in ODIs since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice-captain of the Indian ODI team between 2007-2008. He was the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and one of the top performers at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, both of which India won. In a match against England at the 2007 World Twenty20, he famously hit six sixes in one over bowled by Stuart Broad — a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never in an international match between two Test cricket teams.
In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis. In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April. He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.
Yuvraj was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award, in the year 2012 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. In 2014, Royal Challenger Bangalore bought Yuvraj for an all-time high price of 14 crore rupees at the IPL Auction 2014 and in 2015, Delhi Daredevils bought him for 15 crore rupees at the IPL Auction 2015 making him the most expensive player to be sold in the IPL. Yuvraj's charity YouWeCan treated over hundreds of cancer patients. In April 2015, Yuvraj decided to invest 40-50 crores by 2018 to help young entrepreneurs set up their businesses.
Yuvraj was born to parents Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh. After his parents divorced, Yuvraj chose to stay with his mother. Tennis and roller skating were Yuvraj's favorite sports during his childhood and he was quite good at both. He had also won the National U-14 Roller Skating Championship. His father threw away the medal and told him to forget skating and concentrate on cricket. He would take Yuvraj to training every day. He studied at the DAV Public School in Chandigarh. He also did two short roles as child star in Mehndi Sajda Di and Putt Sardara.
Achievements
In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis. In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April. He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.
Yuvraj was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award, in the year 2012 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. In 2014, Royal Challenger Bangalore bought Yuvraj for an all-time high price of 14 crore rupees at the IPL Auction 2014 and in 2015, Delhi Daredevils bought him for 15 crore rupees at the IPL Auction 2015 making him the most expensive player to be sold in the IPL. Yuvraj's charity YouWeCan treated over hundreds of cancer patients. In April 2015, Yuvraj decided to invest 40-50 crores by 2018 to help young entrepreneurs set up their businesses.
Yuvraj was born to parents Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh. After his parents divorced, Yuvraj chose to stay with his mother. Tennis and roller skating were Yuvraj's favorite sports during his childhood and he was quite good at both. He had also won the National U-14 Roller Skating Championship. His father threw away the medal and told him to forget skating and concentrate on cricket. He would take Yuvraj to training every day. He studied at the DAV Public School in Chandigarh. He also did two short roles as child star in Mehndi Sajda Di and Putt Sardara.
Achievements
- He won the National U-14 Roller Skating Championship.
- He had been a member of Indian Cricket Team in ODIs since 2000.
- He was awarded a Porsche 911 in 2007 by the vice president of BCCI.
- He was vice-captain of the ODI team in 2007-2008.
- In a 2007 ICC World Twenty20 match, he hit six sixes in a single over.
- He was the top performer at ICC World Twenty20 2007.
- He became the First All Rounder to score 300 plus runs and to take 15 wickets in single World Cup.
- He was the Man of the Series in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
- He was awarded with the Arjuna Award (India's second highest, Sporting Award) 2012 by the President of India.
- He was the highest Wicket Taker of India in the Tournament of T20I 2012.
- In 2014, he was awarded with the Padma Shri Award.
