9:30pm. 10.2
Over’s. It’s another wicket down for India. Raina falls this time. Loud cheers
at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, even as Raina was walking off. It was a much
anticipated return of ‘You-We’ (Yuvraj Singh).
It appeared as
if just for a moment cricket took a back seat.
If you would
have touched down any day before 8th September at Vishakapatnam, a
huge hoarding just in front of the cricket stadium proclaimed – “Welcome to the
city of Destiny.” It was for a man who has been on a roller coaster of
nightmares, dreams and ideas.
Yuvraj Singh
was the fairy-tale at Vishakapatnam, a full capacity crowd had thronged inside
the stadium in the anticipation of two major milestones. Vishakapatnam was
hosting its first ever T-20 Match and it was a very extraordinary match for all
Indians. A born-again Indian batsman – Yuvraj Singh was expected to commence
his second innings on the cricket field.
The weather
gods however had dissimilar ideas as rain made the match non-starter.
Yuvraj was
diagnosed with the ailment between his lungs within months of winning Man of
the Tournament award in 2011 World Cup. His cricket career seemed to be in
danger when the diagnosis was first revealed but this flamboyant all-rounder brawled
back after undergoing three phases of chemotherapy in US.
His comeback triggered excitement. Earlier
he had mentioned that it was a new lease of life for him and he wanted to make
that most of it. It doesn’t matters whether he scored 1 run or 34. What
mattered was that he was playing.
The unique part behind this story is that he
took a lap for few days and we, as One Country, One India, cheered for him.
Though this champion of ours, had encountered such big problems, but the key
was that when he was back on the field, he forgot it all.
Though India lost the match by 1 run, but
Yuvraj Singh was the WINNER.
