Yuvraj Singh with his mother, Shabnam, in Gurgaon, on Monday. (PTI)

Gurgaon: India’s middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh reckons that his best years as a cricketer is “yet to come” and he will now strive to revive his Test career.

Yuvraj is not a regular member of Test squad and his on-off stint in the longer format has been far from impressive. The elegant left-hander said he wants to be remembered as a good Test cricketer after retirement.

“It’s the right time to focus on my Test career… I want to be remembered as a good batsman in the longer format of the game. I have always tried to give my best shot whenever on the field, but unfortunately injury issues were there”, Yuvraj said.

“In the upcoming series against the West Indies and Australia, I want to score big and make a mark in the Test format. I want to restructure my Test career and I’ll raise the bar this time,” he said.

Yuvraj Monday launched his dream project, ‘Yuvraj Singh Centre for Excellence’, a state-of-the-art training centre for budding cricketers at Pathways School in Noida.

The centre will provide both outdoor and indoor training facilities to budding cricketers and will also appoint highly skilled coaches to train the players.

Yuvraj said that he has matured as a player after going through various ups and downs in his career, marred by injury or fitness concerns.

“My best years are yet to come... After a long injury lay-off, I am fully fit and raring to go. My career has been marred by a lot of injury issues, but I think it’s on the right path now. My best is yet to come as lot of cricket is still left in me,” he said.

“After coming back from England, I worked hard towards my training… My body took a toll in the past one year due to injuries…

“There are no more injuries and I am looking forward to make a mark in the upcoming West Indies series. I want to do good in the series and serve the Indian cricket for long,” he said.

Yuvraj was declared the Player of the Tournament in the 2011 World Cup for his all-round performance, which played an instrumental role in India winning the coveted trophy after 28 years.

After playing in the IPL for the Pune Warriors, Yuvraj was ruled out of the West Indies tour in June-July as he suffered from a lung infection.

The 30-year-old all-rounder suffered a fracture on his left index finger on the fourth day of the second Test, in England, after being hit on his gloves by a short-pitched delivery from Tim Bresnan. The injury ruled out Yuvraj for the remainder of the England series as he had been advised at least four weeks’ rest.

Yuvraj failed to recover on time for the return series against England and was left out of the five-match ODI series and one-off Twenty20 tie.

“My consistency has remained a problem as injury issues affected me in the last two years… I will try to maintain the consistency as I am giving more importance to my fitness,” he said. (Agencies)