Would love to see Yuvraj Singh get a proper farewell, says Kapil Dev

Yuvraj Singh

World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday said a player of Yuvraj Singh's stature should have got a farewell from the ground and the stylish southpaw will command a place in his all time XI as and when he comes up with it.

Neither Yuvraj nor the BCCI has spoken on why the 2011 World Cup hero did not get a farewell game. The 37-year-old on Monday announced his retirement after 17 years in international cricket.

"Yuvraj will be in my all time eleven whenever I sit down to make my team. I would love to see a player like him get the farewell from the ground than he saying 'I am retired'," said Kapil at the launch of fantasy sports platform 'Apne11'.

"The way he played his cricket. The way he is looked up to, what he has gone through in his life (battling cancer). I wish him even better than what he achieved on the cricket field," said the legendary all-rounder.

Yuvraj is among the Indian greats who did not get a farewell game after contemporaries Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir.

After he announced his retirement in Mumbai, Yuvraj revealed that he was promised a farewell game by the BCCI provided he failed the 'Yo Yo' fitness test. However, he passed it and the swansong never happened.

Current Indian opener Rohit Sharma was also a part of the bandwagon who supported a farewell match for Yuvraj Singh. After Yuvraj's retirement, Rohit Sharma had tweeted, "You don't know what you got till its gone. Love you brotherman You deserved a better send off. @YUVSTRONG12"

Interestingly, Rohit Sharma was the captain of Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2019, where Yuvraj Singh was dropped for the rest of the tournament, only after the initial four matches.

With inputs from PTI

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