Yuvraj Singh trolled for slow 33-ball 17-run knock against Jharkand

Veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been out of the Indian team for quite some time and given his current form, his chances of making a comeback look bleak if not over. This is in a particular reference to his innings of 17 off 33 against Jharkhand on Tuesday in the Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

With Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 auction around the corner, this is not going to help the ace left-hander considering various Indian old warhorses’ performances in the ongoing tournament are being watched closely. They include not only Yuvraj but also Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh, none of whom have been retained by their respective franchises.

All the three players will be seen in action as 10 teams in two groups clash each other in the Super League stage of the T20 tournament beginning on Sunday.

While Raina who will be returning to Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming IPL season has also managed to find his original form after his brilliant knock of 126 off 59 against Bengal, Gambhir, Yuvraj and Harbhajan, who will go under the hammer in the IPL 2018 auction on 27-28 January, will look to make it count in the remainder of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

In the eight innings of the eight matches, Yuvi has scored only 204 runs at an average of 34.00 and strike rate of 99.51. His best in all the innings has been a solitary 50 which came against Delhi in Punjab’s first game of the tournament.

As usual, Twitter was quick to come up with criticism and astonishment regarding Yuvraj’s innings against Jharkhand today. Eventually, Punjab lost the match by 4 wickets and a lot of blame was pushed on to Yuvraj for playing the bizarre slow innings. The performance was considered below par especially because the pitch wasn’t difficult to bat on.

See it all here:

17(33) playing t20 lyk this …and expecting yourself in the indian team?? great

— Saurabh Agarwal (@Saurabh72711) January 23, 2018

17 runs off 33 balls ???
Yuvi ? @YUVSTRONG12 pic.twitter.com/xZKFq5BtfC

— Mohan (@Mohankrish9999) January 23, 2018

Yuvraj Singh is out for 17 runs

Delhi Daredevils can buy Yuvi by spending 17 crores ?? #IPLAuction #IPLAuction2018 @DelhiDaredevils pic.twitter.com/k9csaVE2zD

— India Should Bat First ??? (@madam_jadeja) January 23, 2018

@YUVSTRONG12 playing according to the situation is ruining your career …. Go & Smashed the balls out of the park…… but 17(33) ? Sorry accelerate your power .

— Arya (@iamArya4) January 23, 2018

Yuvraj Singh scored 17 off 33 balls in a T20 game against Jharkhand. Also Harbhajan Singh batted 3 in the same game and scored a duck. Yes you read that right.

— Abhishek (@Sajjanlaunda) January 23, 2018

Not the innings you want to play specially whn its coming on TV aftr almost 7 months.

Wat can you say? Nothin!
No q of form here as even Y'day he was hitting the ball Vintage style. IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY. Seeing it live, felt d Energy was not there in his body language 1/2

— Suraj Tiwari (@surajtofficial) January 23, 2018

Yuvraj Singh today 17 off 33 balls remind me of his 2014 T20I final inning against SL where India lost the final.
Punjab finishes on 7/149.
Jharkhand 4/99 (10.3)#MushtaqAliT20

— .E.N.G.I.N.E.E.R (@chiku_ravi) January 23, 2018