March 29, 2004, stays an unforgettable day for Indian followers, for Virender Sehwag turned the primary Indian to attain a triple-century in Test cricket. But what took away the thunder from Sehwag’s blistering knock was Rahul Dravid’s determination to declare the group innings whilst Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 194.

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Yuvraj Singh was on the centre of this episode, actually, batting with Tendulkar then. “We got a message in between that we had to play fast, and we were going to declare,” Yuvraj remembers in an unique interplay on Home of Heroes, Sports18’s latest providing.

Soon after reaching his maiden Test fifty, Yuvraj obtained out and skipper Dravid instantly declared with Tendulkar stranded on 194. “He could have got those six runs in another over and we bowled 8-10 overs after that. I do not think another two overs would have made a difference to the Test match,” says Yuvraj who witnessed Tendulkar’s disappointment at Dravid’s name from shut quarters.

“If it was the third or the fourth day, you have to put the team first and they would have declared when you were at 150. There is a difference of opinion. I think the team could have declared after his 200,” says Yuvraj.

Yuvraj went on to attain a century within the subsequent Test at Lahore and scored over 200 runs at a formidable common of 57.50 within the three-Test collection. But he by no means made his mark in Test match cricket. Despite piling up 26 FC a whole bunch, Yuvraj feels he didn’t get an extended rope in Test cricket.

“If you compare that era to today’s era, you can see players getting 10-15 matches,” Yuvraj says explaining the center order was so robust then. “You look at that era, you could open like the way Viru started it. After that Dravid, Sachin, Ganguly, and Laxman. I got a hundred in Lahore and in the next Test I was told to open.”

Yuvraj, although, admitted that on many events he didn’t convert the 60s to a whole bunch which restricted his Test profession to only 40 matches. “Eventually, when I got opportunities to play Test cricket after Dada’s retirement, I got diagnosed with cancer,” says Yuvraj.

“It has just been bad luck. I tried 24×7. I wanted to play 100 Test matches, face those fast bowlers, and bat for two days. I gave it everything, but it was not meant to be,” Yuvraj says.

Watch the second a part of Yuvraj Singh’s interview on ‘Home of Heroes’ on Sports18 at 1:00 PM on May seventh, 2022

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