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Yuvraj Singh recounts his experience of walking into the Indian dressing room for the first time

04 Dec, 2022
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Yuvraj Singh recounts his experience of walking into the Indian dressing room for the first time
04 Dec, 2022 By Editor

It is always a dream for an individual to be in the same room as the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman. But the scenes were pretty different and indeed, drastically different for another youngster who stepped in a similar star-studded dressing room with his dreams just taking flight. The man in focus is none other than Yuvraj Singh.

In an interaction with Viacom 18 Sports at an event held to promote the upcoming franchise tournament, SA20, Yuvraj said, “After 20 years, I still have to be careful about what I say in front of him (Kumble). I think it was a bit of a shock, to be honest. There's Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, and the likes of Ganguly (in the dressing room).”

He further added, “There are all these guys you're watching on television as a kid and straightaway, you were in the dressing room with them. You had to ask the coach to not be seated next to them. The coach used to say they're your teammates so you have to sit next to them. So, it took a while to start talking to them. But what the IPL has done is that the youngsters are now more comfortable around the players.”

Yuvraj Singh left an impressive legacy behind him, sprinkling his stardust, propelling Team India to a glamorous finish in not one but two World Cups, while the latest triumph on the grandest of stages arrived while battling cancer.

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