NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh recently joined Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist on their renowned podcast, Club Prairie Fire. During the show, the legendary all-rounder shared various stories and experiences with the two cricketing icons, providing insights into his career and personal life.
Yuvraj faced a tough situation when asked to choose between playing, selling, or benching Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and MS Dhoni.
Earlier, Vaughan expressed his opinion that he would trade Virat due to his lack of success in leading a team to an IPL title.
He selected Dhoni as his preferred choice for both a player and captain in the starting lineup. However, Vaughan stated that he would not include Rohit in the playing XI and instead have him on the bench.
“As a player, I would go for Rohit Sharma if it’s T20 cricket. He is an outstanding captain and someone who can change the game with his batting for sure, he will be my first choice,” Yuvraj said.
Yuvraj, when asked to choose between benching either Dhoni or Kohli responded with a witty comment. He acknowledged that selecting one over the other could lead to sensational news stories. In order to avoid any controversy, Yuvraj cleverly opted to bench himself instead.
“I would bench myself as naming one between Virat and Dhoni would be in the headlines. I don’t want that to happen,” he added.
Yuvraj also revealed what England’s Andrew Flintoff had said to him during their verbal spat in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
He recalled the moment when Flintoff provoked him after he had smacked a couple of boundaries in his over.
“Freddie bowled two good balls, he bowled a length ball, which went for a boundary, and a good yorker, which I was hit over the point. When I was walking after taking a single, he said, “F… shit shots,” Yuvraj said.
Flintoff didn’t hold back and continued to provoke Yuvraj, which led to an altercation between the two, forcing the umpire to step in.
“He repeated that on my face. I walked towards him; he kind of spat on me. I showed him my bat, saying that you know where it’s going to go. It went worse after that. Then the umpire came in,” Yuvraj added.
