NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar isn’t just a cricketing idol for Yuvraj Singh however a “guardian angel” who would deal fantastic answers and classes in instances of disaster, each off and on discipline.
One in all Bharat’s biggest white ball avid gamers and hero of 2 International Cup triumphs, Yuvraj has been one in every of Tendulkar’s closest buddies within the Indian dressing room and for him the maestro is a week mentor.
“When I played international cricket, we had coaches but if I faced any technical issues with my batting, he was my ‘go-to’ person. He provided solutions but he wasn’t just my cricketing idol,” Yuvraj, recently vacationing in the United Kingdom, informed PTI forward of the legend’s fiftieth birthday.
“Beyond 22 yards also, he is like a guardian angel for me. Whenever I have faced any personal crisis or dilemmas in life, Paaji would be one of the first persons that I would dial. And he would always have the best life lessons and advice for me,” he stated.
He remembered how involved Tendulkar was once when he was once having sleepless nights and continuously coughing and vomiting all through the 2011 International Cup, which he singlehandedly received for Bharat with greater than 350 runs and 15 wickets.
“Even I didn’t know it was cancer. Sachin would regularly check on me and also during my treatment in the US, he was always concerned about my recovery.”
Yuvraj even recollects when he met Tendulkar for the primary hour and it was once the mythical Kapil Dev, who offered {the teenager} Tendulkar to schoolboy Yuvraj.
“I think Sachin had then just started playing for India and had become a sensation. It was Kapil Paaji, who took me to Sachin and I shook hands with him for the first time,” Yuvraj couldn’t recollect the sequence as he was once slightly 10 years impaired upcoming.
For the report, Yuvraj’s father Yograj Singh and Kapil Dev learnt their cricket in combination in Chandigarh underneath the similar mentor, Dronacharya awardee overdue Desh Prem Azad.
Ask him about his favorite on-field partnership with Tendulkar and Yuvraj recollects an excessively “special Test match”.
“If you look back at the scorebook, Sachin and I haven’t had too many long partnerships in ODI cricket as he generally opened and I batted at No. 6 for better part of my career,” Yuvraj stated.
“But in Test cricket, we had a 150 plus stand against England in Chennai back in December, 2008. We were chasing 387 and won the game during late afternoon. Sachin scored a hundred and I got 80 odd (85).
“However that Check rest particular because it was once the primary fit nearest 26/11 terrorist assault in Mumbai. The rustic was once dealing with the tragedy and we have been all very emotional and beaten with such a lot of blameless lives misplaced. And that Check came about inside a fortnight.
“For Sachin, coming from Mumbai, it was even more deep and personal. That partnership on the fifth day and to chase a near 400 target will remain special. I was so ecstatic that I lifted Sachin once the chase was complete,” Yuvraj stated.
In ODIs, Yuvraj recollects his 138 run partnership off most effective 16.4 overs towards a Pristine Zealand assault comprising Tim Southee, Kyle Generators and Jacob Oram.
“We talk about the two knocks in Sharjah and the 98-run innings at Centurion which I believe was his best ODI knock.
“However one innings related to my middle can be his 163 at Christchurch in 2009 and he may have simply gotten a double hundred that pace however was once retired harm. I additionally were given 80 plus (87) and I feel we each at one degree scored 72 off 5 overs. This hundred isn’t a lot mentioned however it was once an struggle virtue remembering.”
For his friends, Tendulkar remains a prankster and Yuvraj has often been a ‘victim’ of his numerous practical jokes.
“Sachin loves Eastern meals and I used to be upcoming a teenage within the crew. So he took a few of us out for dinner and I tasted sushi for the primary hour. However a catastrophe came about nearest at some point. Sachin informed me to style some other delicacies Wasabi and promised me it was once candy in style. I began chewing and I used to be a multitude because it was once compete reverse.”
Call it a pleasant beauty of life, Tendulkar’s son Arjun, who recently had a couple of impressive IPL games is a big Yuvraj fan.
“I do know. I appeared as much as his dad and he appears as much as me. He’s a southpaw like me and all of the hardwork that he installed, is appearing. However accept as true with me, the child too can collision heavy sixes. Within the pre-season, he sought after to coach and I organized for it at my father’s academy. My father dotes on him.”
One in all Bharat’s biggest white ball avid gamers and hero of 2 International Cup triumphs, Yuvraj has been one in every of Tendulkar’s closest buddies within the Indian dressing room and for him the maestro is a week mentor.
“When I played international cricket, we had coaches but if I faced any technical issues with my batting, he was my ‘go-to’ person. He provided solutions but he wasn’t just my cricketing idol,” Yuvraj, recently vacationing in the United Kingdom, informed PTI forward of the legend’s fiftieth birthday.
“Beyond 22 yards also, he is like a guardian angel for me. Whenever I have faced any personal crisis or dilemmas in life, Paaji would be one of the first persons that I would dial. And he would always have the best life lessons and advice for me,” he stated.
He remembered how involved Tendulkar was once when he was once having sleepless nights and continuously coughing and vomiting all through the 2011 International Cup, which he singlehandedly received for Bharat with greater than 350 runs and 15 wickets.
“Even I didn’t know it was cancer. Sachin would regularly check on me and also during my treatment in the US, he was always concerned about my recovery.”
Yuvraj even recollects when he met Tendulkar for the primary hour and it was once the mythical Kapil Dev, who offered {the teenager} Tendulkar to schoolboy Yuvraj.
“I think Sachin had then just started playing for India and had become a sensation. It was Kapil Paaji, who took me to Sachin and I shook hands with him for the first time,” Yuvraj couldn’t recollect the sequence as he was once slightly 10 years impaired upcoming.
For the report, Yuvraj’s father Yograj Singh and Kapil Dev learnt their cricket in combination in Chandigarh underneath the similar mentor, Dronacharya awardee overdue Desh Prem Azad.
Ask him about his favorite on-field partnership with Tendulkar and Yuvraj recollects an excessively “special Test match”.
“If you look back at the scorebook, Sachin and I haven’t had too many long partnerships in ODI cricket as he generally opened and I batted at No. 6 for better part of my career,” Yuvraj stated.
“But in Test cricket, we had a 150 plus stand against England in Chennai back in December, 2008. We were chasing 387 and won the game during late afternoon. Sachin scored a hundred and I got 80 odd (85).
“However that Check rest particular because it was once the primary fit nearest 26/11 terrorist assault in Mumbai. The rustic was once dealing with the tragedy and we have been all very emotional and beaten with such a lot of blameless lives misplaced. And that Check came about inside a fortnight.
“For Sachin, coming from Mumbai, it was even more deep and personal. That partnership on the fifth day and to chase a near 400 target will remain special. I was so ecstatic that I lifted Sachin once the chase was complete,” Yuvraj stated.
In ODIs, Yuvraj recollects his 138 run partnership off most effective 16.4 overs towards a Pristine Zealand assault comprising Tim Southee, Kyle Generators and Jacob Oram.
“We talk about the two knocks in Sharjah and the 98-run innings at Centurion which I believe was his best ODI knock.
“However one innings related to my middle can be his 163 at Christchurch in 2009 and he may have simply gotten a double hundred that pace however was once retired harm. I additionally were given 80 plus (87) and I feel we each at one degree scored 72 off 5 overs. This hundred isn’t a lot mentioned however it was once an struggle virtue remembering.”
For his friends, Tendulkar remains a prankster and Yuvraj has often been a ‘victim’ of his numerous practical jokes.
“Sachin loves Eastern meals and I used to be upcoming a teenage within the crew. So he took a few of us out for dinner and I tasted sushi for the primary hour. However a catastrophe came about nearest at some point. Sachin informed me to style some other delicacies Wasabi and promised me it was once candy in style. I began chewing and I used to be a multitude because it was once compete reverse.”
Call it a pleasant beauty of life, Tendulkar’s son Arjun, who recently had a couple of impressive IPL games is a big Yuvraj fan.
“I do know. I appeared as much as his dad and he appears as much as me. He’s a southpaw like me and all of the hardwork that he installed, is appearing. However accept as true with me, the child too can collision heavy sixes. Within the pre-season, he sought after to coach and I organized for it at my father’s academy. My father dotes on him.”
So what is going to be his want on his function type’s fiftieth birthday.
“Clearly lengthy and wholesome week and protecting us entertained. However on his fiftieth birthday, I simply wish to problem him to overcome me in a sport of golfing,” he concluded in jest.
