Enraged Indian fans pelt stones at Yuvraj Singh's residence

Yuvraj Singh of India looks on during the presentations after the Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 between India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla Mirpur Stadium on April 4, 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Following India’s 6-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the finals of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 on Sunday night, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s Chandigarh residence was pelted with stones by angry fans, if reports by DNA India are to be believed.

DNA India tweeted:

Stones pelted at Yuvraj Singh’s home. : TV reports

— dna (@dna) April 6, 2014

City police immediately rushed to his house at the Manimajra locality to appease the crowd, thereby bringing back normality in the surroundings.

Although it is quite obvious that Yuvraj’s 21-ball 11 was the main reason behind India’s surrender to the Lankans – the knock not only affected India’s run rate but kept Kohli off the strike for the majority of the last 5 overs – this reaction appears to be way over the top. Batting first, India managed to score only 130 runs, which was chased down by the Lankans in 17.5 overs.

Apart from that solitary knock against Australia in a dead rubber, Yuvraj Singh has found the going extremely difficult, struggling to put bat to ball at times. This has been the case for the southpaw ever since his return to international cricket after surviving cancer.

It is not the first time such an incident has happened, though. Similar reports emerged after India’s horror start to the 2003 ODI World Cup campaign in South Africa and after the shock group-stage exit in 2007 ODI World Cup as the Indian senior cricketers found their homes attacked by the fans.