Yuvraj Singh on Monday brought curtains down on a stellar international career. The southpaw was instrumental in India winning the World T20 in 2007 and the 50-over World Cup in 2011. He has played 304 ODIs, 40 Test matches and 58 T20Is. The flamboyant cricketer has scored over 10,000 runs in international cricket.
Yograj Singh responds to Yuvraj’s statement
His father Yograj Singh was often involved in controversial statements during his son’s playing career. Yuvraj referred his father to as a dragon and that it was tough facing up to him. Yograj responded to the statement and said that he was a tad harsh on his son as he wanted to prove a point to people.
“I am very grateful to a son like him. I thank my son and I always tell him (Yuvraj) that I am proud of him,” Yograj told PTI over a phone call.
“….if you (Yuvraj) think I have been very harsh to you, I wanted to prove a point to the people and I hope you understand,” added the 61-year-old, who represented India in a lone Test match and six ODIs.
Yuvraj on his father and the much-needed closure
Yuvraj said that he has made peace with his father. A conversation led to the closure and it has given immense peace to Yuvraj. “I actually made peace with it a couple of days ago when I was talking about it to my father. I spoke to him, demons inside as young kid came out and that conversation happened with him and he came with his side of the story. And it was a very peaceful moment for me to have that closure and have that chat with him, because I had never had that chat with him in the last 20 years,” Yuvraj told reporters after announcing his retirement.
