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A lot has changed for Yuvraj Singh in the months following his battle with cancer, least of all his undying passion for the game, says a report in The Times Of India<\/strong>, adding that he made a brief return to the Indian team last year and featured against the visiting England team in January; but he was dropped in favour of youngsters for Champions Trophy and the tri-series in the West Indies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like his career had hit an air pocket but this time the situation was in his control. Positive that he would find a window of opportunity, he put in the hard yards and trained in France under fitness expert Tim Exeter. It was a leaner, fitter Yuvraj who returned for India ‘A’ and scored an 89-ball 123 in the opening match against West Indies ‘A’ last week. The captain followed it up with 40 and 61 in the remaining matches,\u201d says the report, adding that while form and fitness are closer to the Yuvraj of old, there’s a lot more maturity in his approach to making a comeback to the highest level.\n<\/p>\n

Statements of intent are suppressed and the bat has done all the talking. “Bangalore is one of my favourite cities. I love coming here. I had a fantastic tournament and hopefully it will change things for me,” he said at an event organized by the Indian Cancer Society and the batsman’s charity You WeCan on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I am not here to talk about my comeback, when it is suppose to happen it will happen. I am here is for Youwecan. At the end of the day I am a cricketer and I am a fighter and survivor,” he said, according to a report in The Indian Express.<\/p>\n

Replying to a query, Yuvraj said it was quite a battle after he was diagonised for cancer just after the 2011 World Cup which India won. “To be honest it was hard. I am now feeling fit.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lot has changed for Yuvraj Singh in the months following his battle with cancer, least of all his undying passion for the game, says a report in The Times Of India<\/strong>, adding that he made a brief return to the Indian team last year and featured against the visiting England team in January; but he was dropped in favour of youngsters for Champions Trophy and the tri-series in the West Indies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like his career had hit an air pocket but this time the situation was in his control. Positive that he would find a window of opportunity, he put in the hard yards and trained in France under fitness expert Tim Exeter. It was a leaner, fitter Yuvraj who returned for India ‘A’ and scored an 89-ball 123 in the opening match against West Indies ‘A’ last week. 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