Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh got engaged to British−Mauritian model and actress Hazel Keech on November 12, 2015. They got married on November 30, 2016 in a lavish 10-day ceremony, following which she adopted the name Gurbasant Kaur.

Yuvraj Singh was born on December 12, 1981 in Chandigarh, India, into to Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh. His father was a fast bowler and played international cricket for India. When his parents divorced, he decided to live with his mother.

He attended DAV Public School in Chandigarh and trained cricket with his father. He was also good at tennis and roller skating, but after he won the National Under-14 Roller Skating Championship, his father reportedly threw away the medal and told him to focus on cricket.

Yuvraj Singh, who debuted for Punjab Under-16s one month before his 14th birthday in 1995-95, was promoted to the U19 team the following season and made his first-class debut during the 1997–98 Ranji Trophy. He scored 358 runs against Bihar’s first innings score of 357 in the Cooch Behar Trophy Final in 1999, and in 2000, earned the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Thanks to his all-round performance for the U-19 squad, he was called to the Indian squad for the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy and made his ODI debut against Kenya on October 3rd, 2000. He bagged the ‘Man of the Match’ award scoring 84 against Australia and scored 41 and took one wicket against South Africa, but was dropped following poor performance in the subsequent Tri Series.

On return, he scored 98-not-out in a match and took 8 wickets in the whole series against Sri Lanka in the 2001 Coca-Cola Cup. He against lost form and was dropped from Indian squad. He went back to domestic cricket and scored 209 in Duleep Trophy in March 2002. He was called to the national team when India was down by 1-2 against Zimbabwe in one-day series and played two match-winning knocks of 80-not-out and 75 in the final two matches.

Following another poor series against West Indies, he showed consistency in the 2002 NatWest Series against England and Sri Lanka, during which he performed both with the bat and the ball. The final against England was particularly important as he scored 69 to put up 121-run partnership with Mohammad Kaif to successfully chase down 326 in one of India's greatest victories in ODI cricket.

In the following games leading up to 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, he scored a few brisk fifties to script wins for India and scored his maiden century against Bangladesh on April 11, 2003. He was signed by the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in May 2003 and became the second Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to play for the club.

Yuvraj Singh started off IPL as an icon player leading Kings XI Punjab, and registered his first T20 hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in May 2009, followed by another against Deccan Chargers the same month. He played for several teams in the following seasons, but found success playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2016 season, which the team won.