The whole nation is praying for the quick recovery of Yuvraj Singh. The maverick all-rounder, who was India\u2019s World Cup hero and man of the tournament, has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States, revealed Yuvi’s physiotherapist Jatin Chaudhary and was corroborated by sources in the family and in the Indian cricket board.<\/p>\n
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According to The Times Of India, <\/strong>Yuvraj had earlier been detected with a tumour between his left lung and heart, which has since been termed malignant.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHe is suffering from cancer and this is the first stage. It\u2019s curable and he will be fit to play in May. He will be back on the field very soon,\u201d his physiotherapist Jatin Chaudhary told TOI. BCCI officials, however, said the lay-off could be longer and that chemotherapy was scheduled to continue for nine weeks.<\/p>\n Sources said BCCI would bear the expenses for Yuvraj’s treatment in the US and his IPL franchisee, Sahara India, would release $1.8 million that the player would have received had played in the IPL this year.<\/p>\n According to Yuvi\u2019s his former Punjab teammate Ravneet Ricky Yuvraj is not afraid and is feeling very positive. \u201cI am chatting with Yuvi almost everyday. From his messages I can make out that he is not afraid and is feeling very positive,\u201d he said to Hindustan Times. <\/strong>\u201cHe should be back on the field in three to four months.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Yograj Singh, Yuvi\u2019s father, calls his ailing son a \u2018sher\u2019.\u00a0 \u201cYuvi is a \u2018sher\u2019 and all I can say is that he will make a comeback,\u201d said Yograj Singh, father of Yuvraj Singh. \u201cI do not want to say anything about this topic,\u201d said Yograj to TOI. <\/strong><\/p>\n But Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni seemds to be unaware of Yuvi\u2019s illness.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI don’t know about his illness because I haven’t been in touch. He is a pleasure to have in the side. He is one among a few players who has been good at No 6 and then climbed to do well at No 4. He is someone who could change the momentum of the game. He could block and also take aggressive option. Then not to forget his bowling. People call him pie-chucker but he is very effective,\u201d Dhoni said of Yuvraj during a prees conference.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, there has been immense for the start cricketer even in the social media. S Sreesanth twits that it’s sad to hear Yuvraj’s ailment. \u201cHealth is very important and I wish him a very speedy recovery.\u201d Similarly Omar Abdullah wishes Yuvraj Singh a speedy and complete recovery. \u201cOn a good day there are few cricketers more exciting than him,\u201d writes the J&K CM.\u00a0 Gujarat\u2019s CM too is sad to hear about ill-health of Yuvraj Singh. \u201cHe is a fighter and I am sure he’ll come out of it very soon and play again for India,\u201d twits Narendra Modi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The whole nation is praying for the quick recovery of Yuvraj Singh. The maverick all-rounder, who was India\u2019s World Cup hero and man of the tournament, has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States, revealed Yuvi’s physiotherapist Jatin Chaudhary and was corroborated by sources in the family and in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[705,723,622,722,721,520],"class_list":["post-2354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers","tag-bcci","tag-jatin-chaudhury","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-omar-abdullah","tag-s-sreesanth","tag-yuvraj-singh"],"yoast_head":"\n