‘We know who needs to go on the bench’ – Yuvraj Singh takes clever stance on Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni question

Yuvraj Singh

The legendary Yuvraj Singh spent many years in the Indian dressing room alongside the iconic trio of MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli during his playing career. He has fair knowledge about their playing styles and how they are as human beings. During his recent appearance on a podcast, Yuvraj played the interesting ‘play, sell, bench’ game but cleverly decided to sit on the fence when he had to choose between Kohli and Dhoni.

During the podcast, Yuvraj was asked to name his choices among Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and MS Dhoni during ‘play, bench and sell’ game. The southpaw had no hesitation in naming Rohit as the cricketer he would like to play. Yuvraj not only considers the Indian captain as one of his closest friends but he also is an admirer of his cricketing attributes like batting and captaincy.

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“As a player, I would go for Rohit Sharma if it’s T20 cricket. He is an outstanding captain and someone who can change the game with his batting for sure, he will be my first choice,” said Yuvraj on Club Prairie Fire podcast.

I would bench myself as naming one between Virat and Dhoni would be in the headlines: Yuvraj Singh

The 42-year-old decided to bench himself instead of picking one between Kohli and Dhoni. He said that he would be in the headlines if he benches either of the former India skippers.

“I would bench myself as naming one between Virat and Dhoni would be in the headlines. I don’t want that to happen. We’re all smart enough, we know who needs to go on the bench but I’m going to stick to Rohit Sharma’s name,” Yuvraj asserted.

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Yuvraj is one of the most decorated cricketers in India. He won the 2007 T20 World Cup alongside Rohit and Dhoni. The Chandigarh-born also won the 2011 ODI World Cup alongside Dhoni and Kohli.