Punjab: World Cup-winning former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has decided to come out of retirement, giving in to a request from the Punjab Cricket Association more than a year after he called it quits from international cricket.
The Player of the Tournament at the 2011 World Cup, Yuvraj had announced his retirement from all forms of cricket last June. Since then, Yuvraj featured in the Global T20 league in Canada and the T10 league in Dubai last year.
For the moment, the 38-year-old is focussed only on playing T20 cricket for Punjab. Yuvraj has written to Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) saying he is eager to come out of retirement and help Punjab in the shortest format of the game. PCA secretary Puneet Bali was the first person to approach Yuvraj with an offer to come out of retirement for the benefit of Punjab cricket.
“Initially, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to take up the offer,” Yuvraj was quoted as saying by ‘Cricbuzz’.“I was done with domestic cricket, though I did want to continue to play in other domestic franchise-based leagues worldwide if I got permission from the BCCI.
“But I also couldn’t ignore Mr Bali’s request. I gave it a lot of thought, for nearly three or four weeks, and it was almost as if I didn’t even have to make a conscious decision in the end.”
Yuvraj rediscovered his love and motivation for the game while working with the young Punjab quartet of Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh and Anmolpreet Singh at the nets in the last few months.
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