King of sixes, Yuvraj Singh, is back with a bang


Click here to view the Original Image Size Yuvraj Singh hit 7 sixes and 8 fours in his 89-ball 123 to help set up India A's 77-run win over West Indies A in the first unofficial ODI in Bangalore.

After spending six gruelling weeks in France, Yuvraj Singh returned to the cricket field on Sunday and scored a ballistic century to help India A beat West Indies A by 77 runs in the first of three one-dayers at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

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It was Yuvraj, however, who stole the limelight. He was cautious with his shot selection as he took 39 balls for his first boundary. He reached his fifty in 60 balls with one boundary and two sixes. Thereafter, he slammed as many as five fours and three sixes in just 20 balls en route his first century of the season and his 17th ton in List 'A' matches.


Yuvraj along with discarded seniors Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan have been handed lifelines by the selectors by including them in the India ‘A’ side across the formats against the West Indies ‘A’.



Click here to view the Original Image Size Yuvraj hasn’t been picked for the Tests and is the only one among the four to feature in the limited-overs games. Earlier this year, he was dropped after the home series against England due to fitness issues. Yuvraj and Zaheer had trained extensively at Brive La Gaillarde, a town in France, for six weeks to get back their fitness. 

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Number of sixes hit by Yuvraj Singh



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Yuvraj’s strike rate against WI ‘A’ yesterday

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Number of balls Yuvraj took to score his century

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Brief scores: India ‘A’ 312-4 in 42 overs (Yuvraj Singh 123, Yusuf Pathan 70*; Andre Russell 1-17) beat West Indies ‘A’ 235 all out in 39.1 overs (Ashley Nurse 57, Narsingh Deonarine 57; Sumit Narwal 2-28) by 77 runs

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