NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh, who made his debut in Nairobi, Kenya, throughout the ICC Knockout, performed beneath the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. India reached the ultimate however couldn’t clinch the trophy, as New Zealand defeated them by 4 wickets in a last-over encounter.
India had defeated Australia by 20 runs within the quarter-finals and South Africa within the semi-finals by 95 runs. Sourav Ganguly was the main run-scorer with 348 runs, whereas Venkatesh Prasad was the main wicket-taker within the event with eight wickets.
Sourav Ganguly, now the previous captain and former President of the BCCI, shared an incident when he requested a safety guard to regulate the younger Yuvraj Singh throughout his debut sequence.
“With Yuvraj Singh, the very first thing I had to verify of was that he was in his lodge room by 9:30 within the night,” Ganguly shared at an occasion.
“He went on the tour of Kenya, and I nonetheless can’t overlook the day we landed in Nairobi for the Champions Trophy in 2001. Younger, handsome Yuvraj, 17 years previous, and also you don’t count on a 17-year-old to sit down of their room and browse the Bible,” Ganguly continued.
“As quickly as we landed, the very first thing I did was name the safety man. He was an enormous, robust 6’4” man. His arms had been as large as my shoulders, so I took him apart and mentioned, ‘Pay attention, mate, that you must regulate this child.’
The safety man requested, ‘Who is that this child?’
Ganguly replied, ‘He’s the youngest member of the staff, and he’s a incredible younger participant, however he loves life. So you need to regulate him.’
The safety man requested, ‘So what do I do?’
To which the previous captain replied, ‘Simply be sure that after 9:30 pm the night time earlier than the sport, he’s in his room. If he’s not, come and inform me. Don’t inform the supervisor, since you and I’ll go and discover him and produce him again, as I would like him to carry out the following morning.'”
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In his debut event, Yuvraj Singh batted shoulder to shoulder with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, with Tendulkar scoring 171 runs, Dravid 151 runs, and Yuvraj 143 runs.
