Harbhajan Singh: Harbhajan Singh, former off-spinner of the Indian cricket team has given a shocking statement. Harbhajan Singh says that if Yuvraj Singh, the legendary cricketer who won two World Cups, had become the captain of Team India, he could have proved to be a great captain. Yuvraj Singh was the hero of victory in India’s 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Shocking statement of Harbhajan Singh
Former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said in an interview to Sportskeeda, ‘If Yuvraj Singh was the captain of the Indian cricket team, we may have had to get up and sleep even earlier.
Under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh, we had to work very hard. Yuvraj Singh would have been a great captain of the Indian cricket team. Harbhajan Singh said, ‘Yuvraj Singh’s illustrious record, who won the Player of the Tournament title in the 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 Cricket World Cup, says a lot. Yuvi’s record speaks for itself.
Yuvraj Singh proved to be the great captain of India
Harbhajan Singh said that he wanted Yuvraj Singh to become the captain of Team India. When Harbhajan Singh was asked whether some senior players would have had a longer career if Yuvraj Singh was the captain of the Indian cricket team.
To this Harbhajan Singh said, ‘I don’t think we would have a long career if Yuvraj was the captain, because whatever we have played, we have played on our ability and no captain has saved us from getting out. Whenever you captain the country, you need to keep friendship aside and think about the country first.
India won the T20 World Cup in 2007
Yuvraj is one of the few players who have won two World Cups with India. In 2007, when India won the T20 World Cup, Yuvraj was a member of the team and during that time Yuvraj had hit six sixes in an over of England bowler Stuart Broad. In that match, Yuvraj completed his half-century in 12 balls, which remains a milestone in international cricket even today.