NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar is not only a cricketing idol for Yuvraj Singh however a “guardian angel” who would provide fantastic answers and courses in instances of disaster, each off and on the sphere.
One of India’s largest white ball gamers and hero of 2 World Cup triumphs, Yuvraj has been one among Tendulkar’s closest pals within the Indian dressing room and for him the maestro is a existence trainer.
“When I played international cricket, we had coaches but if I faced any technical issues with my batting, he was my ‘go-to’ person. He provided solutions but he wasn’t just my cricketing idol,” Yuvraj, lately vacationing in the United Kingdom, instructed PTI forward of the legend’s fiftieth birthday.
“Beyond 22 yards also, he is like a guardian angel for me. Whenever I have faced any personal crisis or dilemmas in life, Paaji would be one of the first persons that I would dial. And he would always have the best life lessons and advice for me,” he mentioned.
He remembered how involved Tendulkar was once when he was once having sleepless nights and incessantly coughing and vomiting all over the 2011 World Cup, which he singlehandedly gained for India with greater than 350 runs and 15 wickets.
“Even I didn’t know it was cancer. Sachin would regularly check on me and also during my treatment in the US, he was always concerned about my recovery.”
Yuvraj even recollects when he met Tendulkar for the primary time and it was once the mythical Kapil Dev, who offered {the teenager} Tendulkar to schoolboy Yuvraj.
“I think Sachin had then just started playing for India and had become a sensation. It was Kapil Paaji, who took me to Sachin and I shook hands with him for the first time,” Yuvraj could not recall the sequence as he was once slightly 10 years outdated then.
For the file, Yuvraj’s father Yograj Singh and Kapil Dev discovered their cricket in combination in Chandigarh beneath the similar trainer, Dronacharya awardee overdue Desh Prem Azad.
Ask him about his favourite on-field partnership with Tendulkar and Yuvraj recollects an excessively “special Test match”.
“If you look back at the scorebook, Sachin and I haven’t had too many long partnerships in ODI cricket as he generally opened and I batted at No. 6 for the better part of my career,” Yuvraj mentioned.
“But in Test cricket, we had a 150 plus stand against England in Chennai back in December, 2008. We were chasing 387 and won the game during late afternoon. Sachin scored a hundred and I got 80 odd (85).
“But that Test stays particular because it was once the primary fit after 26/11 terrorist assault in Mumbai. The nation was once dealing with the tragedy and we had been all very emotional and beaten with such a lot of blameless lives misplaced. And that Test took place inside a fortnight .
“For Sachin, coming from Mumbai, it was even more deep and personal. That partnership on the fifth day and to chase a near 400 target will remain special. I was so ecstatic that I lifted Sachin once the chase was complete,” Yuvraj mentioned .
In ODIs, Yuvraj recollects his 138 run partnership off best 16.4 overs towards a New Zealand assault comprising Tim Southee, Kyle Mills and Jacob Oram.
“We talk about the two knocks in Sharjah and the 98-run innings at Centurion which I believe was his best ODI knock.
“But one innings with reference to my center could be his 163 at Christchurch in 2009 and he will have simply gotten a double hundred that day however was once retired harm. I additionally were given 80 plus (87) and I believe we each at one degree scored 72 off 5 overs. This hundred is not a lot mentioned but it surely was once an effort value remembering.”
For his friends, Tendulkar remains a prankster and Yuvraj has often been a ‘victim’ of his numerous practical jokes.
“Sachin loves Japanese meals and I used to be then a junior within the workforce. So he took a few of us out for dinner and I tasted sushi for the primary time. But a crisis took place after a while. Sachin instructed me to style any other delicacies Wasabi and promised me it was once candy in style. I began chewing and I used to be a large number because it was once compete reverse.”
Call it a pleasant beauty of life, Tendulkar’s son Arjun, who recently had a couple of impressive IPL games is a big Yuvraj fan.
“I do know. I seemed as much as his dad and he appears as much as me. He is a southpaw like me and all of the exhausting paintings that he installed is appearing. But believe me, the child too can hit large sixes. In the pre -season, he sought after to coach and I organized for it at my father’s academy. My father dotes on him.”
So what will be his wish on his role model’s 50th birthday.
“Obviously lengthy and wholesome existence and holding us entertained. But on his fiftieth birthday, I simply need to problem him to overcome me in a sport of golfing,” he concluded in jest.
One of India’s largest white ball gamers and hero of 2 World Cup triumphs, Yuvraj has been one among Tendulkar’s closest pals within the Indian dressing room and for him the maestro is a existence trainer.
“When I played international cricket, we had coaches but if I faced any technical issues with my batting, he was my ‘go-to’ person. He provided solutions but he wasn’t just my cricketing idol,” Yuvraj, lately vacationing in the United Kingdom, instructed PTI forward of the legend’s fiftieth birthday.
“Beyond 22 yards also, he is like a guardian angel for me. Whenever I have faced any personal crisis or dilemmas in life, Paaji would be one of the first persons that I would dial. And he would always have the best life lessons and advice for me,” he mentioned.
He remembered how involved Tendulkar was once when he was once having sleepless nights and incessantly coughing and vomiting all over the 2011 World Cup, which he singlehandedly gained for India with greater than 350 runs and 15 wickets.
“Even I didn’t know it was cancer. Sachin would regularly check on me and also during my treatment in the US, he was always concerned about my recovery.”
Yuvraj even recollects when he met Tendulkar for the primary time and it was once the mythical Kapil Dev, who offered {the teenager} Tendulkar to schoolboy Yuvraj.
“I think Sachin had then just started playing for India and had become a sensation. It was Kapil Paaji, who took me to Sachin and I shook hands with him for the first time,” Yuvraj could not recall the sequence as he was once slightly 10 years outdated then.
For the file, Yuvraj’s father Yograj Singh and Kapil Dev discovered their cricket in combination in Chandigarh beneath the similar trainer, Dronacharya awardee overdue Desh Prem Azad.
Ask him about his favourite on-field partnership with Tendulkar and Yuvraj recollects an excessively “special Test match”.
“If you look back at the scorebook, Sachin and I haven’t had too many long partnerships in ODI cricket as he generally opened and I batted at No. 6 for the better part of my career,” Yuvraj mentioned.
“But in Test cricket, we had a 150 plus stand against England in Chennai back in December, 2008. We were chasing 387 and won the game during late afternoon. Sachin scored a hundred and I got 80 odd (85).
“But that Test stays particular because it was once the primary fit after 26/11 terrorist assault in Mumbai. The nation was once dealing with the tragedy and we had been all very emotional and beaten with such a lot of blameless lives misplaced. And that Test took place inside a fortnight .
“For Sachin, coming from Mumbai, it was even more deep and personal. That partnership on the fifth day and to chase a near 400 target will remain special. I was so ecstatic that I lifted Sachin once the chase was complete,” Yuvraj mentioned .
In ODIs, Yuvraj recollects his 138 run partnership off best 16.4 overs towards a New Zealand assault comprising Tim Southee, Kyle Mills and Jacob Oram.
“We talk about the two knocks in Sharjah and the 98-run innings at Centurion which I believe was his best ODI knock.
“But one innings with reference to my center could be his 163 at Christchurch in 2009 and he will have simply gotten a double hundred that day however was once retired harm. I additionally were given 80 plus (87) and I believe we each at one degree scored 72 off 5 overs. This hundred is not a lot mentioned but it surely was once an effort value remembering.”
For his friends, Tendulkar remains a prankster and Yuvraj has often been a ‘victim’ of his numerous practical jokes.
“Sachin loves Japanese meals and I used to be then a junior within the workforce. So he took a few of us out for dinner and I tasted sushi for the primary time. But a crisis took place after a while. Sachin instructed me to style any other delicacies Wasabi and promised me it was once candy in style. I began chewing and I used to be a large number because it was once compete reverse.”
Call it a pleasant beauty of life, Tendulkar’s son Arjun, who recently had a couple of impressive IPL games is a big Yuvraj fan.
“I do know. I seemed as much as his dad and he appears as much as me. He is a southpaw like me and all of the exhausting paintings that he installed is appearing. But believe me, the child too can hit large sixes. In the pre -season, he sought after to coach and I organized for it at my father’s academy. My father dotes on him.”
So what will be his wish on his role model’s 50th birthday.
“Obviously lengthy and wholesome existence and holding us entertained. But on his fiftieth birthday, I simply need to problem him to overcome me in a sport of golfing,” he concluded in jest.