Yuvraj Singh was man-of-the-tournament in India's World Cup 2011 triumph and key component of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team but failed to make it to the Indian squad for World Cup 2015.
Melbourne: Yuvraj Singh's 15 wickets in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was one of the major factors which contributed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting the coveted trophy but the Indian captain says last edition's 'Player of The Tournament' is no longer as effective as he used to be in the current set-up.
Dhoni points to the change in field restrictions (with only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle) being precisely the reason
why India lost "Yuvraj Singh, the handy left-arm spinner."
why India lost "Yuvraj Singh, the handy left-arm spinner."
"If you see, after the rule change happened, Yuvi didn't bowl a lot. We must admit that once the rule change (field restriction) happened, it did affect his bowling although he is a regular with the ball in T20s," Dhoni said in context of whether Suresh Raina can do a "Yuvraj of 2011" in the ongoing edition
"In the pre-field restriction days, Viru paaji, Sachin Paaji and Yuvi used to bowl a lot and we depended on them. But they were all part-timers and on good batting tracks, they would find it difficult to bowl well.
Since Yuvraj's name is always synonymous with World Cup triumph, Dhoni was also asked to compare Yuvraj's performance with that of Raina's in this edition, the skipper put it down to their different batting positions.
"Look, if you see Yuvi's career, he started at No. 5 but as soon as he was doing well, he was batting at No 4. I guess from 2005 onwards, he has always batted at No 4 while Kaif was there at No 5 for sometime and I also batted in that position.
"Now Raina bats at No. 5 which is a very key number in terms of context of the game. So it will be difficult to compare, Yuvi and Raina as the batting Nos were not similar," Dhoni explained.
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