Forgettable times for Yuvraj Singh
When it is not injury, it is his attitude; when it is not attitude, it is a lack of form
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
When it is not injury, it is his attitude; when it is not attitude, it is a lack of form. When everything seems to be falling in place, he falls ill, loses his spot to a youngster and has to endure taunts from the crowd. Finally he contracts dengue, putting his participation in the remainder of the Sri Lanka tri-series in jeopardy. The last year has easily been the worst in Yuvraj Singh's career and it has not always been his fault, writes Partha Badhuri in the Times of India.
India's mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton feels repeated injury can sometimes result from mental stress under pressure to perform, and Yuvraj has certainly struggled to make the seamless transition from good to great we all expected him to.
Some phases of his Test career have been nightmarish. In the tri-series here, he was back to fielding at point against New Zealand but pottered his way through a 25-ball five as India collapsed for under a 100 runs. It proved the ghosts of dodgy footwork and fragile temperament still linger.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo