Yuvraj Singh is a cricketer from India, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.Yuvraj is primarily a left-handed batsman but can bowl part-time left-arm orthodox spin. He is regarded as being better at batting against fast bowling than spin bowling.He is one of the better fielders in the Indian team, fielding primarily at point, with a good aim at the stumps.He was the fourth most prolific fielder in effecting ODI run outs, and of those on the list of prolific fielders, he had the second highest rate of effecting a run out.
Yuvraj made his One Day International debut against Kenya at Nairobi in 2000, at the ICC KnockOut Trophy. He showed his potential in his second ODI which was against the Australians where he scored a quickfire 84 off 82 balls against a quality pace attack consisting of bowlers like Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie.One of his most memorable innings was a partnership with Mohammad Kaif in the NatWest Series final against England in July 2002 which led India to victory.He was selected and represented India at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He scored his first century in his fourth season with the Indian team against Bangladesh in 2003.At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad - a feat only performed three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never previously in an international match between two Test cricket nations.
In IPL, Yuvraj is the icon player for Kings XI Punjab.In the first edition of the IPL, Yuvraj scored 299 runs in the 14 innings in the middle, with a highest score of 57 at an average of 23 and a strike rate of 158.2. He also smashed 19 sixes and 24 fours in the tournament. He took 3 wickets in the tournament with a best of 1/11 at an economy rate of 9.33.
Yuvraj flopped with the bat but shone with the ball in the second edition of the IPL, taking two hat-tricks in the tournament. The first hat-trick came against Bangalore Royal Challengers on May 1, 2009 at Kingsmead in Durban, the same ground where he hit his six sixes in the Twenty20 World Cup on 2007. He dismissed Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis. The second hat-trick came against Deccan Chargers at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on May 17, 2009 when Yuvraj dismissed Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao. Kings XI Punjab failed to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament and Yuvraj later confessed that captaincy brought worst out of him.