Twitter was flooded with birthday wishes as veteran India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh turned 37 on Wednesday (12 December). Yuvraj Singh was born in a Sikh family on 12 December, 1981.
Yuvraj Sigh has played 40 Test matches for India and scored 1900 runs at an average of 33.92 and picked nine wickets. Yuvraj has also slammed three hundreds and 11 fifties in the longest format of the game.
The stylish left-hander has played 304 One Day International (ODI) matches for India and amassed 8701 runs with the help of 14 hundred and 52 fifties. Yuvraj Singh has also taken 111 wickets in One Dayers at an economy rate of 5.10.
In 58 T20I matches Yuvraj Singh has scored 1177 runs, his highest score is unbeaten 77 runs. Yuvraj Singh was also named the player of the tournament of ICC World Cup 2011 that India won.
The record of fastest fifty is also under Yuvraj Singh’s name in the shortest format of the game. Yuvraj has scored a 12-ball fifty against England and during his innings, he smashed Stuart Broad for six sixes in a single over.
Here is how Twitterati wished Yuvraj Singh on his birthday:
Happy birthday to the great cricketer Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12). #HappyBirthdayYuvi https://t.co/yPmzVG8drI
— Twitter Moments India (@MomentsIndia) December 12, 2018
Happy Birthday Yuvraj Singh. A Cricketer Who Didn’t Only Thrash The Opponents, Thrashed Cancer Out Of His Life Too. Truly An Inspiration. Thank You For All Those Lovely Memories,World Cup Victories & Making Our Childhood Awesome.Special Thanks For 6-SIXES.🙏🇮🇳 #HappyBirthdayYuvi pic.twitter.com/C0yxBmqHxC
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja_Real) December 11, 2018
Yuvraj Singh is the only cricketer to be part of seven ICC finals!
2000 CT
2002 CT
2003 WC
2007 WT20
2011 WC
2014 WT20
2017 CTHappy Birthday champion! 🔥
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 11, 2018
Happy Birthday India’s Biggest Match Winner!
Champion
Sixer king
Mr. YUVRAJ SINGH pic.twitter.com/c1FQjfiCK7— Kanti Rabari (@rabari_kanti) December 12, 2018
Happy 37th birthday Yuvraj Singh. While he’s had some good years in the IPL, Yuvi always played his best cricket in India colours. His 362 runs including 1 century and 4 fifties , 15 wickets & 4 MoM awards in the 2011 WC is probably the most dominant performance in WC history
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) December 12, 2018
He proved ‘Cancer
is just a
Six letter WORD’ 😍🔥🖤#HappyBirthdayYuvi #yuvrajsingh pic.twitter.com/SMHsxODFnV— ❄வேட்டையன்🔥 (@mohanyuv) December 12, 2018
#HappyBirthdayYuvi 😍
My Hero #YuvrajSingh pic.twitter.com/Gry0d2RPnV— ❄வேட்டையன்🔥 (@mohanyuv) December 12, 2018
6️⃣,6️⃣,6️⃣,6️⃣,6️⃣,6️⃣!
On his birthday, revisit @YUVSTRONG12 making history at #WT20 2007! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/4TG5IBodaE
— ICC (@ICC) December 12, 2018
Man of the series at the Cricket World Cup in 2011 ✅
Fastest to a T20I half-century ✅
Here’s wishing #TeamIndia all-rounder @YUVSTRONG12 a very happy birthday 🎂🍰💐Relive his knock of 138 against England at Rajkot 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/aA3npYpEaW
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 12, 2018