NEW DELHI: Cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh smashed 208 on his return to first-class cricket to stake a claim yesterday in India’s team for next month’s Test series against England.
The left-hander hit 33 boundaries and three sixes for North Zone before being dismissed on the second day of the four-day Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone in Hyderabad.
Yuvraj, 30, who was judged man of the tournament in India’s 50-over World Cup triumph last year, was treated for a rare germ-cell cancer between his lungs in the United States earlier this year. He returned after energy-sapping chemotherapy treatment in April and by August had been fast-tracked into the Indian team for the recent World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. AFP
