Yograj Singh hits out at MS Dhoni over the change of Yuvraj's batting position
It seems former Indian cricket team player and the father of Yuvraj Singh is yet to get over the fact that his son got dropped from the Indian team a couple of years ago. In a recent interview, he said, "There is great pain in my heart about the way my son is being treated. Why was he dropped from the Indian team? Is it because of the (2014 World T20) final against Sri Lanka? There are bloody 10,000 cricketers playing for the country. They have not been performing time and again, but why do you have different yardsticks for different people."
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He was very vocal when he expressed his criticism of Indian captain MS Dhoni when Yuvraj got dropped from the team. However, Yuvraj made a comeback into the Indian team just in time for the World T20. Since then, he has not quite set the stage on fire as was expected. In 10 T20I innings, he has scored 234, batting mostly at No 5, with his best being 60.
Yograj furious over his son’s batting position change
In India’s last match against Bangladesh, Yuvraj went to the middle after the fall of the fifth wicket which is not his natural position, and his father was furious about that. He said, "I have played under the greatest captain Ashok Mankad so I know what is going around. After not playing international cricket for two years and then making a comeback is fantastic hats off to him. The captain expects him to perform and then suddenly drops him to No 7.”
The 58-year-old was clearly enraged at the Indian captain and said, "What the f**k is happening? What is the captain trying to prove?"
Hits out at Dhoni yet again
He explained the effect of such changes in batting position and said, "When shuffling happens too often, questions arise in the mind (of the player) and that this is not cricket. A player wonders whether he is needed or not. The captain has to be very careful in what he is dealing with.”
The Haryana-born cricketer further questioned Dhoni’s liabilities and asked him to tell the selectors if he doesn’t like his son.
He said, "If he does not like him, he should bloody well tell the selectors about it. If he has got anything personal with him, he can take it out, but by doing this, you are destroying the team. Imagine Yuvraj not bowling on such turning wickets where he has claimed 15 wickets in the 2011 World Cup. The world is watching this."
Yograj’s message to Yuvraj
"I have told my son not to worry because his time will come and that is just around the corner. Let me see MS Dhoni being dropped for two years or anybody else getting dropped and making a comeback to the Indian team and whether they score a single run."