Mumbai
: Fighting back tears, Yuvraj Singh Monday announced retirement from
international cricket, ending a "rollercoaster" career during which
he became the hero of India's 2011 World Cup triumph and fought a gritty battle
with cancer.
"After
25 years, I have decided to move on. Cricket has given me everything and is the
reason why I stand here today," the 37-year-old Yuvraj said addressing the
media here. "I was extremely lucky to play 400 games for India.
I
could have never imagined it when I first started playing cricket," he
added. Yuvraj played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is for India. He put together
1900 runs in the longest format, and 8701 in the one-dayers, the format in
which he enjoyed most success.
"It
was a love-hate relationship with this game. I can't explain what it really
means to me. This game taught me to fight. I have failed more times than I
succeeded and I will never give up," he said.
The
attacking left-hander listed the the 2011 World Cup triumph, being man of the
match in the event's final, getting six sixes in an over against England in the
same tournament and his first Test hundred, against Pakistan in Lahore in 2004,
as the three most special moments of his career.
The
battle with cancer soon after the 2011 World Cup triumph was perhaps the
biggest challenge that he encountered. "I was not going to let that
disease defeat me," he said. However, his cricketing form had been on the
wane for a while.
Yuvraj
last played for India in a T20I against England in 2017. His last Test
appearance was back in 2012. He turned up for Mumbai Indians in this year's IPL
but didn't get many chances.
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