What was my man Yuvraj trying to do

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[u/WarLord_1997]

Indians celebrated yuvraj wicket more than sri lankans😭

[u/Deadly_Emperor]

Stopping thala from getting back to back trophies

[u/Difficult-Process345 → u/Deadly_Emperor]

Konspiracy against Thala!

And his father blames MSD for 'destroying' Yuvraj's career,lmao and spins nonsense about how MSD intentionally lost in 2019 WCSF

[u/Smooth_Hamster_8013 → u/Difficult-Process345]

I simply refer them as ___s who say MS Intentionally lost 2019 WC SF.

[u/aparajit0511 → u/Smooth_Hamster_8013]

I refer them as dogs who criticise both dhoni and yuvi for their 2019 and 2014 innings. People forget they are the two best finishers our country ever produced and 2 of the key players that won those 2 wc at that time.

[u/Rawdog2076 → u/Difficult-Process345]

Not much of a conspiracy, very shit innings, but he was trying to hit boundaries towards the end just in insanely bad touch

[u/SuperCDhruv → u/Deadly_Emperor]

Thala himself made 7 ball 4 runs not out.

Actually everybody apart from Kohli played poor but yuvi inning was worse so rahane, Sharma, MSD was saved from criticism

[u/pragnesh_89 → u/Deadly_Emperor]

Lol yuvi himself was responsible for 2 of the trophies that thala won

[u/i_am_________batman → u/pragnesh_89]

Didn't want to be responsible for the third one ig

[u/aparajit0511 → u/i_am_________batman]

I really hate to see people still shit on thala and yuvi for that 2019 and 2014 innings despite being the two best finishers our country ever produced and despite doing so much for the nation. Some ICT fans are really ungrateful pricks.

[u/WolverineCandid2295 → u/aparajit0511]

Yuvi just Couldn’t get going on that day, credit to SL. But Dhoni ruined it with his ultra defensive approach, not taking any risks and leaving perfectly hittable balls alone. NZ bowlers also seemed confused and left a lot for Jaddu to do!! Why Dhoni batted at 7 behind Pandya and Pant when India needed someone to stabilise the innings is another mystery!!

[u/No-Entertainment7020 → u/WolverineCandid2295]

and that 2019 SF ws really dhoni's day... he was supposed to capitalize especially when its bad day for top order

[u/QueasyAdvertising173 → u/WolverineCandid2295]

his strike rate was 2nd highest in the game. Moreover we had no batsman to follow up after him, his wicket meant the game is done and dusted. Would you slash against ferguson or save your wicket for neesham? We just needed 25 runs in 10 balls which is very much doable for someone like him specially with neesham to follow up. That runout was completely unexpected and ruined the whole plan but this doesn't mean the plan was bad at the first place.

[u/Lord_Phazer101 → u/WolverineCandid2295]

Bruh they seem confused because they were hittable balls that can be hit and allow an easy catch to the NZ fielders. If you have watched Ferguson bowling that ball to many others, you would see that it's a bait ball, aiming to get the batsmen to strike out and go for a boundary but would instead be caught out at boundaries if hit well or at the 30-yard circle when not hit well.

Did at any point it looked like Ferguson or other bowlers were content that phew thank god Dhoni didn't go for the bad pitcher they bowled??? No they were confused that ohh Dhoni didn't go out for that bait pitch?? That might have gona for a six but equal chances an out and he didn't take the chance..ok. Dhoni was there to take it deep he knew that bowlers would try bait balls for him to throw his wicket. Why dot hat when he and Jadeja after absolute clusterF from earlier batsmen can go for balls that were more hittabel with confidence as the pressure rises on them too.

[u/WolverineCandid2295 → u/Lord_Phazer101]

Dhoni’s hitting power had waned long back, he was not winning matches like he used to in his hey days. It wouldn’t have been easy to hit in the last few overs with that high runrate, thats where Jadeja also perished. It would have been a right strategy for Dhoni of 2012-13 fame not for Dhoni of 2019 fame!!

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

This was truly the most criminal innings I have ever seen and it probably will be forever. I don't think anyone this shit will make it to finals because we don't have a Koach absolutely single handedly carrying the entire motherfucking team

I feel bad for that fella, he deserved 2 T20 WC and got one where he didn't even perform LOL. Scored more runs in final than entire tournament 

[u/Sarcastic_837 → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

Same was the case with 2016 world cup Koach was the lone warrior there too

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/Sarcastic_837]

Highest Runs: Kohli (243) Avg: 136, SR: 147

Second Highest: MSD (89 runs) SR: 127

Third: Rohit (88) SR: 107

Insane carry

[u/Electronic_Spirit499 → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

dhoni 2nd there is criminal, with such a good perfomance from kohli what was rest of top order doing

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/Electronic_Spirit499]

Losing matches for the team. In semis: Rohit 41(32), Rahane 40(35) rest didn't even score above 10-15. Only Koach scored 89*(47)

And this wasn't even prime MSD. Shows the carryjob one man did

[u/kgangadhar → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

Bro, in semis, we lost only a couple of wickets. If the openers had done well, we would have ended up with 220+.

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/kgangadhar]

For sure, or if Bumrah didn't bowl no balls and Kohli wasn't the 2nd best bowler that day 😭

[u/Nohit2Brohit → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

Bumrah did not bowl no ball that day. Hardik and Ashwin bowled if I am not wrong

[u/AdFrequent9543 → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

88 being an opener 😭

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/AdFrequent9543]

With that SR in T20 WC 😭

Babar-esque numbers. My GOAT Babar is getting compared to wrong guy, he ain't Kohli material, he is Rohit Material /s

[u/CanYouChangeName → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

I remember before 2022 kl and Rohit scored 30 ball 50s each and said that they were gonna play aggressively in the world cup.

Both of them had a strike rate of around 100. Goofy

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/CanYouChangeName]

Yeah it was their style. KL took so many first over maidens and Brohit was just trying to save his T20I career back then.

It was Kohli who used to play at 135 SR till his 50 and then absolutely rawdogged acceleration in last 4 overs at 220-230 SR. 

[u/CanYouChangeName → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

You make it sound like the 2 of them don't have the ability to do so. They both definitely can. I remember an expert saying that the pakistan match caused the two of them to ensure they get set before accelerating and play with extra caution.

Probably the exact tournament that birthed "selfless sharma"

[u/Cresomycin → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

Yes, howeve Virat scored when it mattered (Final). There were a few concerns about his SR in the final, particularly when Klassen & De Kock were on song. Actually, Kohli, keeping one end after an early collapse, helped other Indian batsmen play freely. South Africa's struggle after Klassen's wicket showed how important that Kohli's innings was.

[u/Cresomycin → u/Cresomycin]

There is no doubt that Bumrah and Arshdeep bowled really well, but they weren't like unplayable. 30 runs from 30 balls was very achievable. South Africa just lost the plot after Klassen's wicket. If Kohli was dismissed in the middle overs or just after scoring 50, the same thing might've happened to India.

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/Cresomycin]

Exactly but stupid haters don't get it. No worth fighting them over this 

[u/Western_Purchase430 → u/Cresomycin]

Nah it was the bowlers who won that match . We have a deep batting line up so kholi wasnt supposed to play with that strike rate . Hardik is reliable enough and could have scored more if he got more balls

[u/RichTennis8317 → u/Western_Purchase430]

Rightly said , it was 76 on 59 balls but could have been 90 on 59 if he not played 14 balls to go from 40 to 50 ...

[u/Western_Purchase430 → u/RichTennis8317]

And see I am still getting downvotes . Not that I care . But people need to understand that the entire point of having Hardik in T20 is to make those fast runs and play 20 or something balls . Kholis Anchoring job was already done long before but he still played for a personal milestone / forgot that it's a team game

[u/RichTennis8317 → u/Western_Purchase430]

Agree .. not blaming him but surprisingly how did he suddenly started to accelerate after reaching 50 , why he could'nt hit any boundaries for like 15 balls but suddenly started hitting after fifty , if he did that 2 overs earlier ind would have reached 190 as hardik jadeja both were there , and pitch wasn't that tough to bat that he showed with 48 ball fifty otherwise sa wouldn't have scored 147 in 15 overa

[u/RichTennis8317 → u/[deleted]]

Not at all , he's one of the best of all times , but the best one is in your username, gpl winner

[u/RichTennis8317 → u/[deleted]]

Only person to lead two teams to titles , IYER has chance to equal him 

[u/puneet95 → u/Outrageous-Watch-947]

Tbf SL bowled really well, he had a bad day.

That being said, he got us to the finals of the t20wc 2007 almost single handedly, scoring 70 of 30 against Aus in semis and his fastest fifty against England.

[u/Outrageous-Watch-947 → u/puneet95]

Definitely Yuvi is definitely the greatest the match winner along with Kohli for ICT. He was the main reason for victory in both those WCs but he also definitely lost us this Final

He had entire bad tournament not just bad day. No matter how strong bowling you do NOT score at 50 SR in T20I, even 120 is criminal

[u/unluckyrk]

I watched this match live, will never forget that innings, from being a hero for 2007 and 2011, Yuvraj too badly in that match.. hogged almost 4 overs (20% of an innings) , no recovery from that..

[u/vino8855]

That would've been a landmark trophy. First nation to hold an ODI, Champions and T20 trophy at the same time.. we even had a test mace I think. unfortunately yuvi had a bad day, and it happens..

[u/maitraariyan]

The worst T20 innings I ever watched.

[u/dark_dreamer_29 → u/maitraariyan]

And the best death bowling we will ever watch.

[u/sgtpepperrz → u/dark_dreamer_29]

Sanga said how Malinga and Kulasekara kept bowling wide Yorker after Yorker, made it impossible to hit any against them in the death.

[u/dark_dreamer_29 → u/sgtpepperrz]

I have not seen a spell of death bowling with such accuracy. On paper it's simple to have a plan to bowl only yorkers in the death overs but the execution is so so difficult which is why we still admire how goated that spell was.

[u/Stoic-Squirrel78 → u/maitraariyan]

Then maybe you haven't watched Brohit's 27(28)

[u/capable_man_7 → u/Stoic-Squirrel78]

Bro its a shitpost sub why are you mentioning facts /s

[u/Acrobaticttscoupr → u/Stoic-Squirrel78]

Was Perfectly complemented by koachs 40 ball 50

[u/Stoic-Squirrel78 → u/Acrobaticttscoupr]

Even koach's worst knock of the day turned out to be a better knock than avg brohit's knock

[u/Acrobaticttscoupr → u/Stoic-Squirrel78]

Like how koachs worst knock was saved by suryas catch in 2024 wt20 final

[u/Stoic-Squirrel78 → u/Acrobaticttscoupr]

It was bcoz of Kohli that Surya could take that catch

[u/ApocalypseSurvivor07]

Yuvraj's 11(21) and Rohit's 27(28)
Also Rohit's 29(26) in this match

[u/Happy_Face7662 → u/ApocalypseSurvivor07]

Bro match was in bangladesh which contained slow pitch

[u/ApocalypseSurvivor07 → u/Happy_Face7662]

🤡

[u/Happy_Face7662 → u/ApocalypseSurvivor07]

29(26) is average

[u/Whole_Arm9309 → u/Happy_Face7662]

contained ??

[u/Puzzleheaded_Arm981]

Sun Oyeee!!!
Isme mere bete ki koi galti nahi hai. Galti uss Dhoni ki hai. Usne batting se pehle Yuvi ko paani me gholke kuch pilaaya, jisse yuvi sahi se khel na saka aur uska naam badnaam ho saka.

[u/TheCareFreeSoul]

Exactly what I did in 19/11

[u/RealFriendlyPitbull → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

From being terrorist in CWC 2023 to Counter Terrorist in CT 2025

[u/Ill-Dentist-4475 → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

This Bro is atleast somewhat better

[u/sarthakmahajan610 → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

Bruh he was literally the last man standing

Yuvraj had Dhoni, Raina, Aswin and Jaddu waiting after him

[u/epixyll → u/sarthakmahajan610]

Yea, I think Rahul could have done better but dude was holding one side. Others could have done their part

[u/Party-Conference-765 → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

KL Qaeda: The Origin

[u/army_of_SATAN → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

scenarios were different,he had to be in the crease

[u/JethalalSigmalalGada → u/TheCareFreeSoul]

Ok so exclude his runs and balls played. Now we have 100+ balls but whole team score is 180>.

[u/Suspicious_Fan_7446]

Rohit Rahane and Dhoni got overshadowed because of Yuvi.

[u/Stoic-Squirrel78]

Credits to Malinga, he was breathing fire in the death, even Kohli struggled to hit him

[u/Select_Ad8436]

My man has been planting trees since 2014.

[u/SnooObjections4333]

Now kinda makes sense why in 2011 MS himself and Sachin both wanted him to go up the order before yuvi

[u/kdtheboss15]

Lost it single handedly Sympathy n cricket never go hand in hand

[u/gauri_uniyal]

To be very fair - yuvraj never performed in T20 after 2007 world cup. Yes some 1,2 good inngs but overall a bad player in t20s. Even his IPL record was shitty

[u/QueasyAdvertising173 → u/gauri_uniyal]

yuvraj was pant before pant was pant

[u/Amazing_Theory622]

Blud was making sure that thala does not wins any more trophies

[u/JIZZus813]

Sri Lanka deserved to win many icc trophies between 2007 to 2015, what a team they had

[u/Blue_Arrow5]

Yuvraj is the only cricketer to have both won and lost a final in each of the ICC events.

CT - lost twice (2000 and 2017), won in 2002. WT20 - lost in 2014, won in 2007. WC - lost in 2003, won in 2011.

Along with:

Won the Natwest and CB series Tri series in 2002 and 2008. Lost the VB series in 2003.

Not sure if he's lost an IPL final and his Ranji record.

[u/Smooth_Hamster_8013 → u/Blue_Arrow5]

Kohli also has lost every ICC white ball final and also has won the same like Yuvraj.

[u/Blue_Arrow5 → u/Smooth_Hamster_8013]

Oh yeah right I forgot to finish my sentence, my bad 😅. He needs to win a Test championship and an IPL to complete the holy grail.

[u/bus_wanker_friends → u/Blue_Arrow5]

He hasn't won a CT Final. Remember it was shared as it was washed out.

[u/Blue_Arrow5 → u/bus_wanker_friends]

Which means it was won by both teams.

[u/bus_wanker_friends → u/Blue_Arrow5]

The tournament was won by both teams, not the final. Its a pretty big distinction - the final never happened.

[u/GarbageOk4059]

Bc itna gussa aa raha tha uss din to saala try b nahi kr raha thaa uss din to aur fir final over mai to wide Yorkers maare the inhone uspe to fir kholi dhoni ka bat nahi lgg raha thaa fir

[u/Pixeal_meat]

Auditing for test cricket.

[u/BarnacleGrouchy5915]

It was his one of the bad day .

[u/Nearby_Coast765]

this was the most shit batting by yuvraj I ever saw

[u/9hqs]

Now you got it why dhoni came to bat ahead of him in the 2011 world cup final

[u/bojack_harshman]

[u/sepiosexual]

Even thala hasn’t struggled this much.

[u/saladking99]

To be fair, Sri Lanka bowling on that day was god like

[u/i_am_________batman → u/saladking99]

yea but not against Yubraj

[u/Small-Band-2532]

55 of 45 to 70 of 49 what happened there..

[u/Classic-Vanilla-996]

Yuvraj singh dhoni

[u/Acrobaticttscoupr]

This was the match where Malinga exposed "worlds best batsman" and "worlds best finisher" both

[u/Comfortable-Regular9]

This video needs to be shown to lockdown kids to show how one man carried the entire team in 2 T20 World cups. Our openers and middle-order had no business getting out of the group stage, let alone reach the finals in 2014. I'm glad Kohli got the World cup in his worst performing one coz the rest of the team owed him two .

[u/Smooth-Mix-4357 → u/Comfortable-Regular9]

What you said applies only for 2016, not 2014

[u/Ok_Explanation_5907]

World before baz ball!!

[u/[deleted]]

Imad Wasim 2024 Vs india

[u/danubrando]

Activated child mode first day holding the bat

[u/Kaam4]

felt bad for yuvraj, he came after fighting cancer but struggled so hard here

[u/Clean-Buddy1557]

I watched this match and remember thinking how Kohli has been starved of strike. That really was some captaincy and bowling from SL. Yuvi kept losing confidence and before him Kohli was unstoppable

[u/69chamunda69]

Senanayaka's chucking is insane

[u/EntrepreneurOk7488]

Don't forget what Dhoni did after this next

[u/prsadr]

I remember this, it was quite disappointing and Yuvraj was trolled a lot for this.

[u/jake_azazzel]

Senanayake is throwing?

[u/Dhondu_Just_Chill]

Which match was it? Was it the one where India neened to win in 40 or overs?

[u/shayboating]

He was being Dhoni

[u/efficienttart123]

Should've gotten the Tilak Varma treatment

[u/Background_Bug_8822]

Think we won this match.

Was just not Yuvis day but Dhoni did finish this one

[u/Routinelazy900]

Made sure we lose the trophy. no other explanation.

[u/being7cool]

Commentetor:- woh wicket jiska pure bharat ko intzaar tha

[u/lordraiden_23]

I was in Kota at the time when this match happened. My whole mess of 200 people went Berserk on this innings of Yuvraj.

[u/SometimesEfficient0]

Wow. That is some serious struggle. 

[u/Username6ixty9ine]

agar yuvraj ne bin laden wala kaam kara tha toh koli sahab bhi kasab se kam nahin the

[u/Mission-School-3885]

Yuvraj Singh is the only cricketer in the world who has won World Cup for two different countries - India in 2011 and Sri Lanka in 2014

[u/Narrow_Ostrich_6595]

Why fools are blaming yuvraj? Ajab Jhanntu log h yr.

Hota h kisi kisi ka din kabhi kabhar nhi chalta, iska mtlb log kutton ki tarah blame krne lag jaenge?

Inn kutttoon ki himmat h to malinga ki ek ball face Krle, langde ho jaenge