The worst year of Yuvraj Singh's career
It has been a difficult year for Yuvraj Singh
Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
It has been a difficult year for Yuvraj Singh. Injuries have taken their toll on the now 30-year-old and he was dropped from the Test side as younger payers such as Suresh Raina and Cheteshwar Pujara have moved ahead of him in the pecking order. In an interview with DNA, Yuvraj calls 2010 the worst “in my 10 years of playing career” but says it has made him mentally tougher.
When things aren’t going right, people start talking about you, and you have to face a lot of criticism. All your extra-curricular activities are related to your game and it is very upsetting. But the way we survive in international cricket is to work hard, focus on your game, focus on the process. Getting up doing the same routine, staying around quality people helps. I get a lot of support from my family and my friends from the Indian cricket team. These things have helped me a lot to go through this year
Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo