This innings will give Yuvraj some confidence to come up with even better performances.
Veteran India batsman Yuvraj Singh registered his first significant score in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy for Punjab against the Railways at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Yuvraj played a gritty knock of 96 runs in 121 balls to help Punjab pile up 284/6 in 50 overs. His innings was laced with 6 boundaries and 5 sixes.
Yuvi along with Gurkeerat Singh Mann put on a terrific 144-run stand for the fourth wicket to bail Punjab out of trouble after they slumped from 48/0 to 96/3. Gurkeerat also looked in full flow as he notched up his third List A ton (101) off 96 deliveries. The 28-year-old all-rounder struck 5 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.
Before this knock, Yuvraj has failed to hit a fifty in the four innings of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018/19. While the southpaw has scored 48 against Himachal Pradesh and 41 against Vidarbha, he has registered the scores of 6 and 26 against Maharashtra and Mumbai respectively.
This innings will certainly give Yuvraj some confidence to come up with even better performances and present a case for selection in the national squad.
Brief scores:
Punjab – 284/6 in 50 overs (Gurkeerat Singh Mann 101; Yuvraj Singh 96) versus Railways (Chandrakant Sakure 3/85)