Yuvraj Singh Sketch & Story 

After a long wait of 28 years, India won the Cricket World Cup in 2011, and India was celebrating this World Cup victory that when a news came and it shocked all the cricket lovers and that news was Yuvraj's cancer.

No one could even believe that Yuvraj had a tumor in his left lung, which later turned out to be seminoma lung cancer.

Yuvraj had said about it – When you first hear the word cancer, you get really scared. Cancer... It's like a death sentence. You become really unsure of where your life will take you.

I believe that the challenge does not come by looking at what your caste is or what part of the society you belong to. Are you a rich person or a poor person? It is only a matter that do you have that passion to beat those challenges or do you have the power to beat that challenge and create a fighter. If you are troubled by the challenges in your life, then maybe this story is for you and I am sure that after reading this, you will definitely be inspired to fight against it.

Before we start, are you a fan of cricket? If your answer is yes then you must know very well who Yuvraj Singh is and of course you will never forget Yuvraj Singh six sixes in a row. And if your answer is no, then today you will get to know about Yuvi and you will also know that Yuvi is a true fighter who not only fought against a dangerous disease like cancer, but defeated it and continued his dream to play for India. And gave this message to his millions of fans that we don't have to run away from challenges, but face them bravely. So let's begin Inspiring story of Yuvraj Singh Cancer Journey.

Yuvraj has had a lot of interest in sports since childhood. From school time, he was always busy in sports and his entire focus was only on completing physical training so that he could stay fit. He did not like all the other subjects much, so his grades were also not good.

During school time, Yuvraj's friend Aanchal supported him a lot, and Aanchal often helped Yuvraj in his studies. Despite this, Yuvraj was always an average student in school life as his entire focus was on cricket.

His father Yograj Singh had enrolled Yuvraj in Yadavindra Public School because the Maharani Club was close to him in which big cricketers used to come to play. Once upon a time, Team India's strong batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu came to Maharani Club for his practice, then Yuvraj's father requested Sidhu to watch Yuvraj's batting. But Sidhu told Yuvraj's father that this boy was not made for cricket. Yuvraj was heartbroken, but his father did not give up his spirit and he was not one to give up, he had thought that he would get Yuvraj a place in the national team.

His father never lost his courage and always encouraged Yuvraj. In those days Yuvraj's father was very strict, and he always wanted that one day Yuvraj would become a successful player. For this, he also set a practice schedule for Yuvraj. One day, in the morning his father asked Yuvraj to practice, and it was very cold that day and Yuvraj was lying on his bed and he was pretending that he did not listen to his father. After a while his father went to Yuvraj's room and poured a bucket of cold water on Yuvraj's head. On that day Yuvraj was very angry with his father but in reality, his father had only one dream to see Yuvraj becoming a great cricketer.

Yuvraj's parents did not have a good relationship with each other, so Yuvraj thought that aside from all these things, he should focus his full attention on cricket and he also felt that cricket is the only thing that can give him freedom.

Yuvraj's father was very strict about cricket from the beginning and kept Yuvraj under very strict discipline till his teenage years. Once while playing a Ranji match, Yuvraj got out for just 39 runs, his father got very angry and he even said that didn't come home, otherwise I will kill you. That night Yuvraj had to sleep the whole night in the car parked outside the house.

Once Yuvraj had made a mistake in fielding due to back pain and when he reached his house in the evening, he saw that his father had broken the sound system of his car. At that time Yuvraj also had to face negative comments from his seniors. And when Yuvraj scored a century in Ranji Trophy and he told this to his father, his father said why didn't you score 200 runs?

Yuvraj was mentally very strong, so despite all this he did not lose his focus and kept trying. The result was that after this he went to play the Under-19 World Cup, scored 84 runs in his first match and also became the man of the match. He was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for this World Cup and thus my entry into the Indian national team.

The 2011 World Cup was no less than an adventure for Yuvraj. In 2010, he suffered a neck strain and because of this he was unable to turn his head. The team physio was called to fix his neck, but to no avail. But when Yuvraj went to the ground and took a couple of shots, suddenly he felt like the pain had disappeared and after that he started playing brilliantly and scored very well.

Yuvraj said that Sachin Tendulkar was a role model not only for me but for everyone and the whole team was inspired by him. It was my good fortune that we used to play together for Team India. Before playing the World Cup, Sachin told me that I should play tournaments for someone I respect or love.

Before playing the World Cup, Yuvraj had chosen two bats, in which he wrote World Cup 1 and World Cup 2. Yuvraj batting against South Africa with World Cup bat number 2. Yuvraj did not know that his mother had brought bat number 2 to Chandigarh. Seeking Baba's blessings, Yuvraj came to know when his mother reached Bangalore with the same bat before the match started. With the blessings of Baba ji and mother, it was such an effect that Yuvraj batted well. Yuvraj played the World Cup with this bat and scored 352 runs.

If we talk about his records in International matches then Yuvraj Singh Highest score in Test was 169, Yuvraj Singh Highest score in ODI was 150 and Yuvraj Singh highest score in T20 was 77 not out, other than that there is one more record, Yuvraj Singh fastest 50 which he scored in just 12 balls against England in 2007. For some cricket fans it may be not worth rememering but i must tell you, Yuvi was true fighter and fearless cricketer till the time he was on the ground.

From Cricket to Cancer

When Yuvraj started complaining of frequent coughing, he contacted his physiotherapist and acupuncture specialist Jatin Chaudhary. Jatin consulted Dr. Kohli and asked Yuvraj to do MRI and X-ray. When the report came, the doctor and Jatin were looking very upset. Then both asked Yuvraj to get a CT scan done as a white spot was visible in Yuvraj's report. When the CT scan report came, the doctor told Yuvraj that there is bad news, you have a tumor in your lung, Dr. Kohli also said that the tumor could be the beginning of cancer. Yuvraj also shared this news with his mother and all his close friends as soon as he got the news of being suffering from cancer. The doctor asked Yuvraj to be admitted to the hospital immediately. Because he used to vomit immediately after eating and drinking.

Playing for India was more important to me than health and for a few months I chose to ignore the drop in my blood pressure or stamina. - Yuvraj Singh

At the same time, Yuvraj was to shoot for the Puma brand, which also included three other players from the sporting world, including Jamaican sprinter Bolt, Spanish car racer Fernando Alonso and Argentine footballer Sergio Aguero. Hearing the news of Yuvraj's cancer, Puma asked Yuvraj to shoot later, but Yuvraj had to keep his promise so they decided to shoot it at the same time. Working with these world renowned athletes, Yuvraj felt as if he had forgotten for a while that he had lung cancer.