Former Indian cricket star blames Virat Kohli for cutting short Yuvraj Singh’s international career
The former Indian cricketer felt that match-winner Yuvraj Singh, who had conquered cancer, was treated harshly by the management.
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Former Indian cricketer, Robin Uthappa, touched upon the things that happened during the captaincy tenure of India’s star batter, Virat Kohli, in a recent interview. Uthappa stated that former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh‘s international career was cut short due to Kohli.
Uthappa felt that Yuvraj Singh did not meet the fitness standards that Kohli had set up for his Indian cricket team. Kohli himself is a very fit cricketer and has always focused on the fitness of his team’s players under his captaincy. Meanwhile, Singh was one of the greatest match winners for India in white-ball cricket, helping India win the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011.
Yuvi struggled with his fitness after he made his comeback to international cricket after beating cancer. Kohli did not allow an exception to the fitness rule that he had set, and Yuvi was eventually ignored, at least according to Uthappa. However, the former India all-rounder managed to make a comeback.
Then for such a player, when you become captain, you say his lung capacity has diminished, and you have been with him when you have seen him struggle. Nobody has told me this, I observe things. You have seen him struggle, then when you are captain, yes you have to maintain a level of standard, but there are always exceptions to the rule. Here is a man who deserves to be an exception because he has not just beaten and won you tournaments, but he has beaten cancer.
Robin Uthappa said during an interview on ‘Lallantop’.
Robin Uthappa – "Virat Kohli forced Yuvraj Singh to retire. Yuvraj having just beaten cancer requested a reduction of two points but the egoistic Kohli denied the request. Yuvraj was not treated fairly by Kohli and his management." pic.twitter.com/8vEFsqiR2i
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Robin Uthappa reveals that Yuvraj Singh asked for two points deduction in the Yo-Yo test
Robin Uthappa also revealed that Singh asked for a two-point deduction in the fitness test but was not allowed. Later, he worked on his fitness and passed the test. However, he was dropped again after a little dip in form and was not considered any more.
So the two points that Yuvi had requested for the fitness test, they didn’t give him that. And after that, Yuvi told, ‘Okay, I’ll do it’ because he was out of the team, and wasn’t being considered. So after that, he passed the fitness test and then made his way into the team. But after a lean tournament, he was completely removed, and never considered again.
Robin Uthappa added
Singh played 304 ODI matches and scored 8701 runs. He also featured in 58 T20Is and scored 1177 runs. The former Indian all-rounder also managed to play 40 Test matches and score 1900 runs.
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