Yuvraj Singh is that player who played a monumental role in bringing about two of the most glorious moments for Indian cricket in the 21st century. His contribution in making India the inaugural T20 World Champions was massive and that set a standard for generations of Indian cricketers to chase. In this article, we will remember the glorious all-rounder’s top 3 innings in T20 cricket.
77 vs Australia, 2013
Yuvraj Singh delivered this victorious performance after he made a comeback from a long period out of cricket where he defeated a life-threatening cancer. India and Australia played a one-off T20I at Rajkot before the memorable ODI series and Yuvraj Singh led India to victory in this match with his outstanding batting display in the run chase. The Kangaroos put up 201 runs in the first innings and the Men in Blue had a big hurdle to overcome if they had to win the match. Yuvraj’s 77-run knock helped India in the run chase and won the match in a thrilling fashion.
72 vs Pakistan, 2012
The left-handed all-rounder played this innings in a winning cause against the arch-rivals Pakistan at Ahmedabad. Pakistan won the toss and invited India to bat first and the Indians accepted the invitation to exploit the opportunity and set a massive target for Pakistan to chase in the second innings. Yuvraj and MS Dhoni built an explosive partnership that put the Pakistan bowling order under tremendous pressure. Eventually, India won the match by 11 runs which reasserted the importance of contribution from Yuvraj Singh.
70 vs Australia, 2007
This is undoubtedly Yuvraj’s most significant batting performance in his T20 career as it came in the semi-final of the 2007 T20 World Cup against the mighty Australians. Defeating the Aussies in a knockout is probably the toughest job in cricket and the left-handed maestro made it possible for India. He played an unreal knock where he made 70 runs off just 30 deliveries to post a challenging total in the first innings which gave India an edge in the all-important semifinal.
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