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Yuvraj Singh Exclusive: Playing with Sachin, beating cancer & hitting six sixes!

4/9/202648 min

In this Overlap Cricket Exclusive, we sit down with one of India’s greatest ever cricketers, Yuvraj Singh, for a powerful and revealing conversation filmed in India.

Yuvraj reflects on his journey, from idolising and playing alongside Sachin Tendulkar to becoming a superstar himself, while also sharing why he believes Jasprit Bumrah “has to be the best” and how the IPL has transformed Indian cricket.

He relives one of the most iconic moments in the sport — hitting six sixes in an over — and explains how that moment, and the mindset behind it, changed his career...

Clips

Told: Months To Live
I Need That Spot
Six Sixes And Aftermath
Did He Get The Car?
IPL Changed Everything
Sachin’s Quiet Lessons
We’re Even Now, Mate
Belief That Changes Careers
Finding Peace In Golf
Test Cricket, Always

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Michael Vaughan· Host0:00

    Before we get started, I'd like to thank our partners, Betfair. Hit Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Enjoy the show. Yuvraj.

  2. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:08

    I definitely didn't wanna meet you on a day when England loses to you.

  3. Michael Vaughan· Host0:11

    [laughs] Are you good?

  4. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:13

    I'm good.

  5. Michael Vaughan· Host0:14

    Hi, how are you?

  6. Speaker 30:14

    I'm good.

  7. Michael Vaughan· Host0:15

    Hi, I'm Mike.

  8. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:15

    Hi, I'm Yahi.

  9. Michael Vaughan· Host0:16

    Nice to meet you. Okay. Thanks for all the correspondence. Thank you. Uh, you're all mic'd up, are you?

  10. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:21

    I am.

  11. Michael Vaughan· Host0:22

    Oh, marvelous.

  12. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:23

    I was supposed to say nice things about you.

  13. Michael Vaughan· Host0:25

    Well, I, and, and you haven't.

  14. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:27

    I'm trying.

  15. Michael Vaughan· Host0:28

    How was last night? Good?

  16. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:29

    I, um, packed up early.

  17. Michael Vaughan· Host0:32

    You, uh... Were you drinking your own tequila?

  18. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:34

    I wasn't actually.

  19. Michael Vaughan· Host0:35

    No?

  20. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:36

    'Cause that's, uh, at a friend's place.

  21. Michael Vaughan· Host0:38

    Good guy.

  22. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:38

    Sure, but... Oh, yeah.

  23. Michael Vaughan· Host0:39

    Okay.

  24. Yuvraj Singh· Guest0:40

    Mate, that wicket is, to defend on that wicket- Madness ... it's concrete. If, uh, Jasprit didn't bowl a good over at that stage, we were done, mate.

  25. Michael Vaughan· Host0:52

    I've seen. I was, uh... I've studied for a long while. I- I... We've all, we've all seen some good bowlers. I have him as the best I've seen.

  26. Yuvraj Singh· Guest1:00

    If you look at the way the game is evolving, he's has to be the best.

  27. Michael Vaughan· Host1:06

    Mm.

  28. Yuvraj Singh· Guest1:07

    Because he's been consistently... Batsmen are not going after him. They're also, like, scared to go after him because they feel like rotate the strike- Mm ... and hit the other bowlers.

  29. Michael Vaughan· Host1:22

    Mm.

  30. Yuvraj Singh· Guest1:22

    And the moment they wanna go after him, he d- doesn't allow them.

  31. Michael Vaughan· Host1:27

    Mm.

  32. Yuvraj Singh· Guest1:28

    So he's, he's really

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