Yuvraj Singh is an Indian
international cricketer, an all-rounder who bats left-handed in
the middle order and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He is the son of former
Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh.
Yuvraj has been a member of the Indian cricket
team in ODIs since October 2000 and played his
first Test match in October 2003. He was the vice-captain of the
Indian ODI team between 2007-2008. He was the Man of the Tournament in
the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and one of the top performers at
the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, both of which India won.
He was the first person to take a 5
wicket-haul and score a 50 in a World Cup innings. In a match
against England at the 2007 World Twenty20, he famously hit
six sixes in one over bowled by Stuart Broad — a feat
performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never
in an international match between two Test cricket teams. He holds the record
for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 Internationals and in all Twenty20 matches,
scoring 50 runs in 12 balls against England in 2007.