11 Cricketers who miraculously escaped death

9. Yuvraj Singh – Lung Cancer:

Just after becoming India’s hero in the World Cup winning campaign in 2011, it emerged that Yuvraj Singh was battling with cancer. Yuvraj had respiratory difficulties throughout 2011 and in May after the World Cup, he withdrew from the ODI series in the West Indies due to the illness.

His issues began with breathing difficulties, nausea and bouts of vomiting blood before India’s successful run through the 2011 World Cup, which he ended as the player of the tournament. He was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor stage-1 in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, USA as well as the Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was cared for by famed oncologist Dr. Lawrence Einhorn. The cricketer beat the disease and made a remarkable comeback to the national squad.