Yuvraj Singh Smashes Hundred After Six Years; Twitter Goes Wild
Jan 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM
The Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh set Cuttack on fire, on his comeback to international cricket, as the Lion of Punjab smashed a blazing century in the second ODI at Cuttack.
He came at a stage when Indian batting line-up was in trouble and from there, he along with M.S. Dhoni carried the team and drove the scoreboard ahead.
Never during his road to century, Yuvraj looked in any sort of trouble. Even the comeback blues weren’t seen during the innings. There was a glimpse of old Yuvraj Singh who has been the best man for the Indian team, especially against England.
Yuvraj Singh smashed every bowler and beat them black and blue to keep the hold over the tottering batting line-up of India and let the team scale a scary total on the board.
At the time of writing, Indian team is sailing at a score of 244/3 and skipper Virat Kohli would be hoping to get past the 350 run mark, which would be a challenge to daunting England batting line-up.
Twittarti was in all praise for Yuvraj Singh for such an impressive show. Here is what the Twitterti has to say –
So good to see Yuvraj & Dhoni play as they r doing. Really Sheron ka zamaana hota hai…
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 19, 2017
Nostalgic to watch this partnership of Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni again. The 2011 winning moment partnership.#INDvENG
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 19, 2017
SINGH IS BACK ✊️✊️?#YuvrajSingh #IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/x6Vm1NXBQy
— Fukkard (@Fukkard) January 19, 2017
A little difficult to explain my happiness at this moment #INDvENG #YuvrajSingh
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) January 19, 2017
A century for @YUVSTRONG12 ! His 14th in ODIs, and his first since March 2011! Congratulations! https://t.co/f2SYnPX55w #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/UsIioiAnbY
— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2017
Time for a new biopic.#YuvrajSingh
. pic.twitter.com/HS2nwiB6Dl— PhD in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) January 19, 2017
And the Sher is back with a bang @YUVSTRONG12 #formistemporaryclassispermanent Brilliant100 ????#EngvsInd
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) January 19, 2017
A sublime treat @YUVSTRONG12. Not just 3 figures but the manner, team situation & personal circumstances under which they came #INDvENG
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) January 19, 2017
@YUVSTRONG12 is back!!!!!amazing to see yuvi and dhoni on the crease again
— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) January 19, 2017
.@YUVSTRONG12 getting a bit emotional on getting to that century. Understandably so, means so much to him, and his fans! #INDvsENG
— Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) January 19, 2017
Yeahhhhh !! So proud of @YUVSTRONG12 for crossing 100 runs & still going strong ? ? #IndiavsEngland #BoyzinBlue #Dhoni&Yuvi #live #Lovingit
— Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) January 19, 2017
Great to see @YUVSTRONG12 back and in form , tough competitor ?? https://t.co/kWlO4tbSmz
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) January 19, 2017
I love @YUVSTRONG12! Well done my buddy! All the love coming from Melbourne! ????????
— KP (@KP24) January 19, 2017
Incredible story and comeback @YUVSTRONG12 … To Beat the Dreaded ‘C’ is remarkable but to then score an international 100 .. !!! #Strong
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 19, 2017
Yuvraj Singh in ODIs
14th 100
4th 100 v Eng
7th at home
Last 100 came in 2011 World Cup#IndvEng— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 19, 2017
Cometh the hour, cometh the man! ODI Century No. 14 for Yuvraj, the rockstar! The Champion has ARRIVED! #INDvENG
— The Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions) January 19, 2017
First ODI 100 for Yuvraj in 6 years. Didn’t realise it’s been that long!
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) January 19, 2017
Yuvraj Singh in full flow has all the grace of a Lara with all the destruction of Lord Shiva.
He turns cricket fans into poets!— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) January 19, 2017
Well played @YUVSTRONG12! Great to see you back scoring big tons! Hopefully more such to follow!
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) January 19, 2017
Most 100+ stands in ODIs by Indian pairs:
26 Sachin-Ganguly
13 Sachin-Sehwag
11 Dravid-Ganguly
11 Sachin-Dravid
10 DHONI-YUVRAJ#INDvENG— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 19, 2017
Dhoni hits..
Commentator says doesn't come from middle of the bat..
Still it carried to SiX
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 19, 2017
What a cricketer Dhoni is, he leaves other experts behind even in umpiring.
— Bhak Sala (@bhak_sala) January 19, 2017
MS Dhoni In 90s. Bowlers In Nervous Nineties.
Mahi & Yuvi Dono Maar Rha Hai. What A Moment For Cricket Lovers.#INDvENG #IndvsEng Yuvraj pic.twitter.com/GCP70Mwn6T
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) January 19, 2017
Half Century for Yuvi..
Half Century for Dhoni..
Both Joined when India were struggling at 25/3 and their experience added more value!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 19, 2017
Sunil Gavaskar – It's important to middle the ball if you want to score boundaries
Dhoni – Ghanta. Bas zor se maaro.
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) January 19, 2017
200th ODI six for MS Dhoni
First Indian to do so! #IndvEng— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 19, 2017
200th SIX in ODI for Dhoni first Indian ever to do this…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 19, 2017
OMG when @msdhoni hits a six like that, it should be worth 10! #INDvENG
— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) January 19, 2017
Just FYI:
Yuvraj Singh – 295 matches, 8493 runs, 36.91 avg
MS Dhoni – 285 matches, 9207 runs, 51.15 runs— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) January 19, 2017
What a story. What a comeback. @YUVSTRONG12 inspires on and off the field. What a #100. Now its @msdhoni 'a turn.
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) January 19, 2017