‘Used to be a little bit of a surprise’: Yuvraj Singh on having to be ‘cautious’ round Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Kumble

Yuvraj Singh was once a number of the more youthful gamers for a few years in an Indian dressing room that had the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. Yuvraj performed within the captaincy of 3 of them and he mentioned lately that the charisma round those gamers was once such that he was once reluctant to even sit down subsequent to them within the dressing room.

“After twenty years, I nonetheless must be cautious about what I say in entrance of him (Kumble). I feel it was once a little bit of a surprise, to be truthful. There may be Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, and the likes of Ganguly (within the dressing room),” mentioned Yuvraj at a Viacom18 Sports activities tournament in Mumbai for the release of South Africa’s new franchise league SA20.

Yuvraj was once speaking about how the Indian Premier League (IPL) has made more youthful gamers really feel extra comfy across the large stars. He mentioned that more youthful gamers was way more petrified of the large stars within the dressing room of their early global suits.

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“There are these kinds of guys you might be gazing on tv as a child and straightaway, you have been within the dressing room with them. You needed to ask the trainer not to be seated subsequent to them. The trainer used to mention they are your teammates so you may have to sit down subsequent to them. So, it took some time to begin speaking to them. However what the IPL has accomplished is that the kids are actually extra comfy across the gamers,” he mentioned.

Yuvraj spent various years with the senior gamers ahead of himself changing into a senior to the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He was once a protagonist of India’s T20 Global Cup win in 2007 and ODI Global Cup victory in 2011. Yuvraj received the participant of the event for the latter for his all-round performances.