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Former Team India player Yograj Singh, father of World Cup 2011 champion Yuvraj Singh, has asserted that his son was backstabbed by his teammates. Yuvraj served Team India from 2000 to 2017 and during that period, his teammates were legendary names such as MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. In 2008, when Virat broke into international cricket, Yuvraj was having the best time of his career. The equation between Yuvraj and Virat used to be amicable. In 2014, Kohli also got Yuvraj in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) squad for the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, after a few years, the relations between both weren’t warm enough as it used to be.
Recently, Yograj Singh spoke to InsideSport and targeted MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. “There are no friends in the sphere of success, money and glory. There were always backstabbers, people who wanted to put you down. People were scared of Yuvraj Singh because they were afraid where he would usurp their seats because he was such a great player created by the God Almighty. He has been the greatest of players, who they were scared - right from MS Dhoni, everybody - 'oh he might take my chair," remarked Yograj.
Yuvraj Singh’s achievements in international cricket
Yuvraj Singh played for Team India from 2000 to 2017 and during this period, he helped the Men in Blue win the T20 World Cup 2007 and World Cup 2011. In the World Cup 2011, he became the Player of the Tournament for racking up 362 runs and 15 wickets in nine matches. During the mega event, Yuvraj was suffering from cancer.
In June 2019, Yuvraj retired from international cricket. In the 50-over format, he is the eighth-leading run-getter, with 8609 runs in 275 innings of 301 games. Across all forms of international cricket, he chalked up 11778 runs in 391 innings of 402 matches.
