There's great news for Yuvraj Singh fans! The dashing southpaw, who called it quits in June this year, is all set to come out of retirement and play domestic cricket again after being named in Punjab's 30-strong list of probables for next month's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.
The BCCI plans to conduct the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 championship, from January 10, the venues for which will be declared later.
In fact, Yuvi fans can see him in action this month itself, in the upcoming Ultimate Kricket Challenge (UKC), which is set to begin in Dubai on December 24. In this event, there will be four innings of 15 balls each, where each UKC 'gladiator' will go head-to-head against every other, in a bid to be declared the best in the world.
The first season of UKC will see Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Rashid Khan, Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell, apart from Yuvraj, as UKC contenders.
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The World-cup winning former India all-rounder had decided to resume playing for his home state after being approached by Punjab Cricket Association secretary Puneet Bali.
The 39-year-old left-handed batsman, who has played 304 ODIs, 40 Tests and 58 T20Is for India, has been training at the PCA stadium in Mohali and also posted a video of his preparations on social media.
Yuvraj had participated in the Global T20 league in Canada after his retirement. He is still awaiting BCCI clearance to return to domestic cricket.
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be conducted in bio-secure and teams will have to assemble at their respective bases by January 2.
Punjab probables:
Mandeep Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Salil Arora, Gitansh Khera, Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh, Karan Kaila, Rahul Sharma, Krishan Alang, Sandeep Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Ikjot Singh, Naman Dhir, Abhishek Gupta, Himanshu Satyawan, Gurkeerat Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Anmol Malhotra, Aarush Sabharwal, Abhinav Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Mayank Arkande, Baltej Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Barinder Sarn, Gurnoor Singh, Harjas, Abhijit Garg, Kunwar Pathak.
(With PTI inputs)
