Yuvraj Singh Personal informati Born 12 December 1 Chandigar Nickname Yuv Height 6 ft 2 in ( Batting style Left-ha Bowling style Slow left arm Role Batting All- Relations Yograj Sing International informa National side India Test debut (cap 247) 16 October 2 Zeala Last Test 17 November Indi ODI debut (cap 134) 3 October 20 Last ODI 2 April 2011 Domestic team inform Years Tea 1996– Punjab 2003 Yorkshire 2008– 2010 Kings XI Pun 2011 Pune Warri Career statistics Competition Test ODIs Matches 37 274 99 Runs scored 1,775 8,051 6 Batting average 34.80 37.62 4 100s/50s 3/10 13/49 1 Top score 169 139 Balls bowled 853 4,832 2 Wickets 9 109 21 Bowling average 55.66 37.24 5 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/9 4/6 Catches/ stumpings 31/– 84/– Source: Cricinfo , 1 Yuvraj Singh pronunciation (help·info) (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.[1] Yuvraj is a left-hand middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He 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 ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20, he famously hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad — a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup and was one of the top performers at the 2007 World Twenty20, both of which India won. In 2011, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor (stage-I) in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, USA as well as Medicine Facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2][3] In March 2012, Yuvraj was discharged from hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.[4][5] He was conferred with Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award in the year 2012 by the President Pranab Mukherjee.[6] He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20. Early years and personal life Yuvraj Singh belongs to a Sikh Jat Family.Yuvraj Singh's parents are Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh.[7][8][9][10] [11] Yuvraj has a brother, Zoravar singh.[12][13] Yograj and Shabnam divorced years ago, with Yuvraj choosing to stay with his mother. [14] Shabnam Singh was with her son Yuvraj during his diagnosis with a cancerous tumor (Stage-I) in his left lung in USA.[15] Twenty20 career On 19 September 2007 against England in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 Super 8 match held at Kingsmead in Durban, he hit 6 Sixes in an over off Stuart Broad. This helped him to reach the fastest fifty ever in a Twenty20 game, off just 12 balls and also the fastest in any form of international cricket.[16][17][18] This was the fourth time that six sixes had been hit in one over in senior cricket, the first time in Twenty20 cricket, and the first time in any form of international cricket against a bowler from a Test playing nation. He has also hit the longest six of the tournament: 119 metres (390 ft) off Australian bowler Brett Lee.[19]Yuvraj was awarded a Porsche 911 for his 6 sixes achievement by the Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Lalit Modi. Yuvraj also received Rs.10,000,000 (US $252,716) in cash from the BCCI for his performance in the tournament.[20] He is also the first Indian player to cross 100 Sixes in Twenty 20 matches. Yuvraj also scored 70 runs off 30 balls and went on to claim the Man of the Match against Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals at Durban.[21] After his chemotherapy sessions treating lung cancer in Indianapolis, USA Yuvraj's cancer showing full signs of remission, he is now aiming at resuming cricket at the World Twenty20.[22] The selectors picked Yuvraj Singh to be a part of the 15-member Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka from September 18th, 2012.[23] Style of Play