Saturday 25 February 2017

Man who smashed cancer to sixer



The most dangerous left handed batsman and a perfect all-rounder from India.Whos name is Yuvraj singh,our Yuvi.In his 18 he debuted against the n big team Ausis in knock out cup in 2000,and become the best emerging player of the tournament.
That was a massive debut by a player can have.He was man of fearlessness and courage.

Yuvi ,he is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj singh and Shabnam Singh,in a Punjabi family.Tennis and roller skating were his favorite sports during his childhood and he was quite good at both. He had also won the National Under-14 Roller Skating Championship. His father threw away the medal and told him to forget skating and concentrate on cricket.H e would take Yuvi to training everyday.

Yuvraj studied at the DAV Public School in Chandigarh. He also did two short roles as child star in Mehndi Sagna Di and Putt Sardara. After his parents divorced, Yuvraj chose to stay with his mother.
He started his career from the Punjab Under-12s at the age of 11 years and 11 months in November of the 1995–96.In the 2000 under 19 cricket world Cup which India won under the captaincy of Mohammed Kaif. Yuvraj's all-round performance earned him the Player of the Tournament award and a call-up to the national squad. His performance in the tournament included 68 off 62 and 4/36 against New Zealand in a group stage match, and a quickfire 58 off 25 balls against Australia in the semifinal.He was subsequently selected in 2000 for the first intake to National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

Yuvraj was selected in the Indian squad for the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in the back of his impressive outings for the Under-19 team. He made his international debut against Kenya in the pre-quarterfinal. He bowled four overs conceding 16 runs but did not get to bat. In the quarterfinal match against Australia. Yuvraj won the man of the match for his innings of 84 (80), against a pace attack consisting of Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie, that helped India win by 20 runs.
His career has went through many up and downs.When he fell down he came back like a Lion.

One day in 2007,a match in  the first t20 world Cup.The English player Andrew Flintoff and yuvi went through a crash about fielding. Umpires avoided the clash.And the next over was by Young Stuart Broad,first time in world t20 cricket Yuvi smashed six sixes in that over,a nd made the history. It was an unforgettable event in cricket fans.

During the 2011 ODI world Cup yuvi became his most powerful.World Cup was the dream for Yuvraj as he scored 362 runs including one century and four fifties takes 15 wickets, wins four Man-of-the-Match awards and is also Player of the Tournament. In the process, he becomes the first allrounder to score 300-plus runs and take 15 wickets in a single World Cup. In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, in India's match against Ireland, he became the first player to take 5 Wickets and score 50 runs in a World Cup match.
In the 2011 World Cup till he took charge of the chase against defending champions Australia. In recent years, he has added value to the side through his improved off spin.

In the ICC World Cup 2011, he has thus far won the Man of the Match award four times, which is joint best with Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva in 1996 and South Africa's Lance Klusener in 1999. Yuvraj had respiratory difficulties through 2011 and in May he withdrew from the ODI series in the West Indies due to an illness. He toured England but had to return home after breaking his finger in the Nottingham Test and later played two home Tests against West Indies. However, he then pulled out of the ODI series against West Indies in November citing an abnormal tumor in his lung. Yuvraj had originally targeted the CB series in Australia for his return to international cricket.

His issues began with breathing difficulties, nausea and bouts of vomiting blood before India's successful run through the 2011 World Cup, which he ended as the player of the tournament. Post ICC World Cup he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor stage-1 in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, United States as well as the Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana where he was cared for by famed oncologist Dr.Lawrence Einhorn. His mother Shabnam Singh was with him during his diagnosis in the USA.
In March 2012, Yuvraj was discharged from hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.

After his chemotherapy sessions treating seminoma in Indianapolis, Yuvraj's cancer showing full signs of remission, he aimed at resuming cricket at the World Twenty20. The selectors picked Yuvraj Singh to be a part of the 15-member Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September 2012. and played well.

He came back to cricket by smashing the cancer to a great sixer.and become the inspiration for the whole world.In 2017 he made his best score in ODI series against England ,150 runs with 21 boundaries and 3 sixes from 127 deliveries.And he revealed that he had thought of quitting after having been dropped from the team. He said, "When I came back from cancer it was hard work. I was not performing and after being dropped I thought (about) whether I wanted to continue or not."

Yuvraj's charity YouWeCan has treated over hundreds of cancer patients. In April 2015, he announced the intention to invest INR 40-50 crores in online startups, expanding the YouWeCan proposition by setting up YouWeCan Ventures in order to do so.Yuvaraj singh also participated in the ‘Celebrity Clásico 2016′ which was played with an objective to generate funds for charitable initiatives.

On 12 November 2015, Yuvraj got engaged to Hazel Keech and married her on 30th November 2016.
His autobiography named "The Test of My Life:From Cricket to Cancer and Back", also published after his came back from the Cancer.and be the inspiration for the world.

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