5 cricketers who were more successful than their fathers

#4 Yograj Singh and Yuvraj Singh

Yograj Singh (left) played one Test for India; Yuvraj Singh celebrates India’s quarter-final win during the 2011 World Cup

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Yuvraj Singh is widely regarded as one of the “Greatest all-rounders” India has ever produced. He stormed into International cricket in 2000 during the ICC Knockout Cup with a flawless 84-run inning against Australia. Following that, he was a regular in the ODI team and played several match-winning innings and also made vital contributions with the ball as well. The southpaw was involved in a memorable partnership with Mohammad Kaif in the 2002 Natwest Trophy final against England which India won chasing 326.

During the 2007 ICC World T20, he hit six 6s in an over against England and was a huge help to India’s world title. Four years later, Yuvraj performed extraordinarily in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and was even awarded the “Player of the Tournament.” So far, the Chandigarh-born has played 293 ODIs and scored 8,329 runs at an average of 36.37, and has also featured in 40 Tests.

Yograj Singh was a promising right-arm medium pace bowler for Punjab who got his break during India’s tour to Down Under in 1980/81. He was included in the team for the Test match against New Zealand in Wellington, where he took only 1 wicket in the match. Unfortunately, it was the only Test Yograj played. Earlier in that tour, he also featured in five ODIs also but failed to impress and took only 4 wickets.