“Some BCCI officials …”: Yuvraj Singh on how he missed the India captain’s armband

Yuvraj Singh starred for the Indian cricket team in their prime. He was one of the players with the best performance as India won the World T20 2007 and ICC 50 after the 2011 World Cup, however, he was never able to lead India as a team. full-time growth. All-round good people have now opened up the reasons why MS Dhoni was chosen to replace him for the 2007 World T20 even though he was the ODI vice-captain on the previous UK tour. Singh said because he took Sachin TendulkarAs for the Indian cricket team during a tumultuous period under coach Greg Chappell, some BCCI officials may not want him to captain the India team.

Former Australian cricketer Chappell was India’s coach from 2005 to 2007. During that period he played with both. Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. The second, in the biopic ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’, said: “Some high-level players disagree with the way Chappell is treating our side. Just a month before the World Cup, he made drastic changes to the batting order that affected everyone on the team. “

Chappell’s decisions led to discomfort in the camp, and Singh said his stance on the incident prevented him from ever becoming the full-time captain of the Indian cricket team.

“I was supposed to be the captain. Then the Greg Chappell incident happened. It became either Chappell or Sachin. I was probably the only player in favor… I supported my teammates. And yes a lot of insiders…Some BCCI officials don’t like it.It is said that they should choose anyone as captain and not myself.This is what I heard.I don’t know for real. How spoiled. Suddenly, I was stripped of the vice captaincy. Sehwag was not on the team. So, out of nowhere Mahi became the captain of the 2007 T20 World Cup. I thought I would become the captain “, Singh said Sanjay Manjrekar in an interview on Sports18.

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“Viru was the senior but he wasn’t on the England tour. I was the vice-captain of the ODI team while Rahul was the captain. So I was supposed to be the captain. Obviously, it was a decision. goes against me but I don’t regret it, today if the same thing happens, I will still support my teammates.

“After a while, I think Mahi is getting really good in the captain’s armband. He’s probably the right man to lead ODI cricket. After that, I started getting injured a lot. Even being the team captain. captain, i have to go too. have been plagued for a while.. Things are going for the best. I really don’t regret not having captained India. It would be an honor. But I will always choose my teammates, if something bad happens speaking of his character, I will always stand up for my teammates.”