Indian cricketing legend and World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev has expressed his opinion regarding Yuvraj Singh's retirement. The 60-year-old opined that India's 2011 World Cup hero deserved a farewell match.
Speaking during the launch of fantasy sports platform 'Apne11', Dev revealed that the Chandigarh lad will have a spot in his all-time starting XI. Yuvraj announced his retirement from cricket after 17 years of playing, where he entertained fans to a devastating level.
Yuvraj had revealed that six months after he played his final game for India, BCCI offered him a chance to play a farewell match., if he didn't pass the mandatory 'Yo Yo' fitness test. Yuvi apparently rejected the offer and decided to retire quietly.
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The Indian sporting icon said, "Yuvraj will be in my all-time eleven whenever I sit down to make my team. I would love to see a player like him get the farewell from the ground than he saying 'I am retired'."
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The Haryana Hurricane feels that the way Yuvraj played cricket, was amazing. He quipped, " The way he is looked up to, what he has gone through in his life (battling cancer). I wish him even better than what he achieved on the cricket field."
(Inputs from PTI)