On This Day: “Ferocious” Yuvraj Singh Tames Australia For India’s First Win. Watch | Cricket News

On this present day in 2011, Yuvraj Singh’s all-round heroics noticed India beat Australia within the quarterfinals of the ODI World Cup in Ahmedabad. Yuvraj took two essential wickets and slammed an unbeaten 57 as India edged out Australia to arrange a semi-final conflict with arch-rivals Pakistan. Chasing a goal of 261, India had been at a precarious 187 for 5 when Yuvraj and Suresh Raina arrange a match-winning partnership of 74 runs in 61 balls.

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8 fours#OnThisDay in 2011, a ferocious Yuvraj Singh took India to a five-wicket win in opposition to Australia within the @cricketworldcup quarter-final!

This was their first #CWC win over Australia in 24 years pic.twitter.com/7Qejhqr5fM

— ICC (@ICC) March 24, 2020

The World Cup 2011 was the most important act, a dream match for Yuvraj. He scored 362 runs in 9 matches at a staggering common of 90.50 with one century and 4 half-centuries.

He additionally impressed with the ball, claiming 15 wickets within the match together with two within the ultimate performed on the Wankhede as India scripted an emphatic victory within the ultimate conflict and lifted the World Cup after a niche of 28 years. He was named Player of the Tournament.

Yuvraj, who introduced his retirement in 2019, performed 40 Tests, 111 One-day Internationals (ODI) and 58 T20 Internationals (T20I) for India.

Yuvraj additionally was a job mannequin as he fought off most cancers to return again into worldwide cricket, and likewise a star of the Indian Premier League, representing a number of franchises and scoring closely throughout his heydays.

He got here into the India One-day International (ODI) fold in October 2000 within the ICC knockout match in Nairobi.

He made his Test debut at his residence turf of Mohali in opposition to New Zealand in October 2003 after which he went on to grow to be part of the Indian T20 International squad within the ICC World T20 in 2007, in opposition to Scotland at Durban in September 2007.