Yuvraj Singh on his relationship with MS Dhoni, says ‘not shut pals, however…’

Now in a current dialog with Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast ‘The Ranveer Present’, the previous all-rounder has revealed that he and MS Dhoni usually are not shut pals and had been pals solely due to cricket as they performed collectively. He additionally added that they by no means grew to become shut pals as each had very totally different life.

“Me and Mahi usually are not shut pals. We had been pals due to cricket, we performed collectively. My life-style was very totally different from him, so we had been by no means shut pals, we had been solely pals due to cricket.”

He mentioned that not all 11 gamers on a staff get together with each other, including that, teammates do not need to be greatest pals exterior the sphere.

He added that greater than friendship, they each shared an excellent skilled relationship as he mentioned, “When me and Mahi went on the bottom, we gave greater than one hundred pc to our nation collectively.”

Within the podcast, he additionally spoke concerning the resolution variations between the 2. He mentioned, “He was captain, I used to be vice-captain. Once I got here into the staff, he was 4 years junior. When you’re captain and vice-captain, there shall be resolution variations. Typically he made choices I did not like, generally I made choices he did not like. That occurs in each staff.”

Additional explaining, he mentioned, “Your teammates do not need to be your greatest pals exterior the sphere. All people has a distinct life-style, ability set. Sure individuals hang around with sure individuals, you do not have to be greatest pals with everybody to go on the sphere. If you happen to take any staff, all eleven do not get alongside. Some do, some do not. When you’re within the park, put your ego behind you and contribute on the sphere.”

Yuvraj additionally spoke about their selfless assist for one another throughout their partnership on the sphere. Recalling an incident, he advised RTS, “There have been instances when MS was injured and he was batting in Bangladesh and I used to be a runner for him. I bear in mind when he was in his 90s, I needed to provide him the strike to assist him attain his 100. I bear in mind diving for him, for his second run as he was in his 90s and I did not need him to overlook out on his 100.”

In one other incident, he mentioned, “Once I was batting in a World Cup match, I used to be 48 towards the Netherlands. There have been 2 runs to get and Mahi blocked each the balls in order that I get 50.”

Within the podcast, he additionally mentioned that earlier than the 2019 World Cup, he had approached Mahi for profession recommendation and was knowledgeable that the choice committee was not contemplating him and offered him with a transparent understanding of his state of affairs

He mentioned, “Once I was on the finish of my profession, once I wasn’t getting the proper image about my profession, I requested him for recommendation. He was the man who advised me that the choice committee isn’t wanting you proper now. I used to be like, not less than I acquired to know the actual image. That is simply earlier than 2019 World Cup. That’s the actuality,” he mentioned.

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Up to date: 05 Nov 2023, 02:28 PM IST