Mumbai Indians welcome Yuvraj Singh a moment they've been waiting for long

A big talking point of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction has been Yuvraj Singh, one of the best hitters the game of cricket has seen, who almost missed the bus. As someone who has never missed playing the IPL for cricketing reasons since its inception in 2008, the Punjab batsman did not find any taker at the auction held in Jaipur on Tuesday in the first round.

He was eventually picked by three-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) at the last moment to allow him to appear in his 11th IPL starting in March. Though Yuvraj was bought at his base price of Rs 1 crore which is quite less compared to the price he had commanded even a few years ago, the fans were happy that the 37-year-old batsman, who has given quite a few memorable performances for India, eventually got a team and that his career was yet not over.

MI owner Akash Ambani also said that the franchise had been eyeing the man for several years now and the decision to buy him was not because of some emotional reason.

Mumbai also took special care to welcome Yuvraj on Twitter announcing his arrival to the franchise was something they had been waiting for.

Here is Yuvi in the MI jersey:

The moment we’ve all been waiting for!

Mr. Yuvraj Singh in the MI Blue and Gold 💙🦁#CricketMeriJaan @YUVSTRONG12 pic.twitter.com/Pt9lIkad2e

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 19, 2018

Yuvraj finds his sixth IPL team

MI will be the sixth franchise for Yuvraj in IPL since 2008, a record he shares with Ishant Sharma and Parthiv Patel. He played for Kings XI Punjab, the franchise for which he first started, last season but an ordinary performance saw him getting released in November. The ageing cricketer has got yet another opportunity to deliver and he might like to sign off in style.

Yuvraj, who has scored over 11,000 runs in international cricket besides taking 148 wickets, has played 223 T20Is in which he has hit 4,686 runs and taken 80 wickets. The man’s all-round ability had come handy for India in the 2011 World Cup and he was chosen as the man of the series.

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