| Names |
YUVRAJ SINGH |
| Date of Birth |
December 12, 1981 |
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Identity |
Indian Cricketer |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- October 03, 2000: He made
his ODI match debut on this day; against Kenya.
- April 11, 2003: On this
day, he scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh at
Dhaka.
- October 16, 2003: He made
his test match debut on this day; against New Zealand.
- September 13, 2007: He made
his T20I debut on this day; against Scotland.
- September 19, 2007: He
became the second batsman, after Herschelle Gibbs, to hit
six sixes in an over in international cricket. The occasion
was the World T20 encounter against England, the venue
Kingsmead, Durban, and the bowler under the withering
onslaught was Stuart Broad.
- May 01, 2009: On this day,
he registered his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against
Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban, the same
ground where he hit his six sixes.
- May 17, 2009: On this day,
he took his second Twenty20 hat-trick against Deccan
Chargers.
- March 06, 2011: He became
the first cricketer to get 5 wickets and also score 50 runs
in a world cup match.
- December 09, 2012: He
played his last test match on this day; against England.
- 2012: He was conferred with
Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award.
- December 11, 2013: He
played his last ODI match on this day; against South Africa.
- July 05, 2014: He played
for the Rest of the World XI against Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC) in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's, as he
had been left out of India's ODI team.
- 2014: He was honoured by
the Govt of India with PADMA SHRI Award.
- November 12, 2015: On this
day, he was engaged for marriage to Hazel Keech.
- November 30, 2016: On this
day, he got married to Hazel Keech.
- March 27, 2016: He played
his last T20I match on this day; against Australia.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He was born in Chandigarh, India.
- He is the son of a former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi
movie star Yograj Singh.
- He is a left-hand middle-order batsman and a slow
left-arm orthodox bowler.
- He was declared the Man of the Tournament in the 2011
Cricket World Cup.
- In 2011, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor
in his left lung. In March 2012, he was discharged from
hospital after completing the treatment and returned to
India in April, 2012.
- He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match
in September, 2012 against New Zealand.
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