Sunday, 27 April 2025
Sunday, 27 April 2025
The Prince of Chandigarh was already infected with cancer during the 2011 ICC World Cup, but oblivious to it, he was up for national duty. The disease had already crept in and more often than not, Yuvraj Singh almost collapsed, yet he was in no mood to give up and turned out to be the Man of the Series in the tournament. After the World Cup, the whole world came to know of the disease and he was off to the US for treatment. Nobody had even expected him to return to the filed, but he did against New Zealand in a T20International after almost a year and the rest is history
Call him the King of comebacks - Sourav Ganguly proved everybody wrong with his skills and zeal - post-the 1991-92 tour Down Under that only earned him brickbats, it took Maharaj four years to stamp his authority on world cricket - two back-to-back Test 100s against England and Dada was back. Years down the line, the entry of Greg Chappell as coach drew his nemesis, but the Behala guy travelled to nook and corner of the country to prove his mettle - and yet again, the selectors had to fall back upon him
Harbhajan Singh's attitude was under scanner and so were his off-the-field activities, but it was the Eden Gardens Test match against the invincible Australians in 2001 which opened a new chapter in his career. A hattrick and a match-winning spell in the Australian second innings saw India through and Harbhajan was simply unstoppable in the series that India eventually won
