About this episode
On this episode of Lessons Learnt with the Greats, I interview the 2011 World Cup winner, Yuvraj Singh. Yuvi has lived an extraordinary life so far. He was a T20 World Cup winner in 2007, he was crowned Player of the Tournament in India's 2011 World Cup victory at home and straight after had to fight for his life after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Everyone who listens to this episode will be blown away by the insights that Yuvi so generously gives us, from a cricket perspective and most importantly, a life perspective. I am sure everyone will absolutely love this episode. Episode notes 02:04 - My highlights of Yuvi's incredible career 05:20 - Yuvi's thoughts on batting 10:58 - How Yuvi went about bowling his left-arm spinners 14:08 - Yuvi on fitness and injury management 17:15 - Yuvi's lessons learnt dealing with the media 25:12 - How Yuvi dealt with the financial side of the game during his career 31:50 - Yuvi speaks about his battle with cancer and how he got through it 37:34 - What Yuvi would tell his 16-year-old self 38:55 - Yuvi's favourite book The YouTube links to the incredible innings that are mentioned in this episode are below. ODI v Aus 2000 https://youtu.be/6CerO0KTvIk 6 sixes vs England - T20 World Cup 2007 https://youtu.be/sAevuDJFgZ4 Quarter Final vs Australia 2011 World Cup https://youtu.be/xw19JDfYtCM First Test Century https://youtu.be/ozO6bunfrXQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.