NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh, who made his debut in Nairobi, Kenya, in the course of the ICC Knockout, performed below the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. India reached the ultimate however couldn’t clinch the trophy, as New Zealand defeated them by Four 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 match 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 keep watch over 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 neglect 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 take a seat of their room and skim the Bible,” Ganguly continued.
“As quickly as we landed, the very first thing I did was name the safety man. He was an enormous, powerful 6’4” man. His arms had been as massive as my shoulders, so I took him apart and mentioned, ‘Hear, mate, it is advisable keep watch over 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 unbelievable younger participant, however he loves life. So it’s a must to keep watch over him.’
The safety man requested, ‘So what do I do?’
To which the previous captain replied, ‘Simply make it possible for 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 convey him again, as I want him to carry out the following morning.'”
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In his debut match, Yuvraj Singh batted shoulder to shoulder with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, with Tendulkar scoring 171 runs, Dravid 151 runs, and Yuvraj 143 runs.
