Cricketers of the Week – April 2nd to April 8th

#4 Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj continued his fine form against England with the sort of clean hitting that has earned him his cult following

The defending champions, Sunrisers Hyderabad, made a great start at home against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match of the tournament, thanks to a vintage Yuvraj Singh knock, where he made RCB pay for dropping him. Yuvraj walked in at 93 for 2 in the 11^th over and took RCB to the cleaners hitting some sublime shots all around the park.

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His 27-ball 62 was studded with seven fours and three sixes. It was also his fastest IPL fifty scored off just 23 balls. Yuvraj’s knock pushed SRH to 207 which proved to be too many for RCB’s batting line-up. Although a lot of their batsmen got starts, they could only manage 172, all out in the 20^th over.

Yuvraj was well-supported by Moises Henriques, who scored a half-century too.