Yuvraj Singh on bouncing back from cancer, hitting sixes and the IPL

Author: Shane Watson
Published: Fri 17 Apr 2020
Episode Link: https://shows.acast.com/lessons-learnt-with-the-greats/episodes/yuvrajsingh

On this episode of Lessons Learnt with the Greats, I interview the 2011 World Cup winner, Yuvraj Singh. Yuvi has lived an extraordinary life so far. He was a T20 World Cup winner in 2007, he was crowned Player of the Tournament in India's 2011 World Cup victory at home and straight after had to fight for his life after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

Everyone who listens to this episode will be blown away by the insights that Yuvi so generously gives us, from a cricket perspective and most importantly, a life perspective.

I am sure everyone will absolutely love this episode.

Episode notes

02:04 - My highlights of Yuvi's incredible career

05:20 - Yuvi's thoughts on batting

10:58 - How Yuvi went about bowling his left-arm spinners

14:08 - Yuvi on fitness and injury management

17:15 - Yuvi's lessons learnt dealing with the media

25:12 - How Yuvi dealt with the financial side of the game during his career

31:50 - Yuvi speaks about his battle with cancer and how he got through it

37:34 - What Yuvi would tell his 16-year-old self

38:55 - Yuvi's favourite book

The YouTube links to the incredible innings that are mentioned in this episode are below.