Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh

India

Full name Yuvraj Singh
Born December 12, 1981, Chandigarh
Current age 25 years 78 days
Major teams India, Punjab, Yorkshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	19	29	4	830	122	33.20	1568	52.93	2	3	118	5	21	0
ODIs	163	147	22	4412	139	35.29	5131	85.98	7	26	468	51	54	0
First-class	69	109	12	4248	209	43.79			14	19			76	0
List A	225	205	31	6369	139	36.60			10	39			75	0
Twenty20	5	5	0	154	71	30.80	107	143.92	0	1			0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	19	144	90	1	1/25	1/25	90.00	3.75	144.00	0	0	0
ODIs	163	1945	1590	42	4/6	4/6	37.85	4.90	46.30	1	0	0
First-class	69	891	473	10	3/25		47.30	3.18	89.10		0	0
List A	225	2828	2317	72	4/6	4/6	32.18	4.91	39.27	1	0	0
Twenty20	5	42	51	5	3/20	3/20	10.20	7.28	8.40	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	India v New Zealand at Mohali - Oct 16-20, 2003
Last Test	West Indies v India at Kingston - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006
ODI debut	Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3, 2000
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam - Feb 17, 2007
First-class span	1996/97 - 2006
List A span	1999/00 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2003

Profile

Generously gifted, Yuvraj Singh is looked upon as a strong, fearless natural destined for great things. Two months short of his 19th birthday, he made an almost messianic entry into international cricket, toppling Australia in the Nairobi Mini-World Cup in 2000-01, with a blistering 84 and some scintillating fielding. In time he was to supplement these skills with clever, loopy left-arm spin. While Yuvraj's ability to hit the ball long and clean were instantly recognised, he was soon found to be troubled by quality spin and perceived to lack commitment, traits for which he temporarily lost his place in the one-day side. But on returning, for the last two one-dayers against Zimbabwe in early 2002, he swung the series India's way with a matchwinning innings in each game, and then went to England and played a key role in three Indian chases in their dream run in the NatWest tri-series. It took 15 months more, and an injury to his captain, Sourav Ganguly, for Yuvraj to get a Test look-in. On the third such opportunity, against Pakistan on the first day on a greentop at Lahore, he stroked a stunning century off 110 balls. The 2005-06 season proved to be a watershed for Yuvraj, with 1161 runs at 58 in the one-dayers, as he transformed himself into one of the keystones in India's batting line-up. He was soon preferred over VVS Laxman in Tests when India went in with five batsmen, but a lean series in the West Indies meant that he was still struggling to match potential with performance.