Yuvraj Singh back injury: Watch Toronto Nationals captain gets injured while attempting slog sweep in GT20 2019

Yuvraj Singh back injury: The captain of the Global T20 Canada franchise Toronto Nationals has succumbed to a back injury.

During the 15th match of the ongoing Global T20 League 2019 between Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers at Brampton, Toronto Nationals captain Yuvraj Singh succumbed to a back injury while attempting to play a slog sweep off Montreal Tigers leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed.

It all happened in the eighth over when Yuvraj came in to bat at No. 5. Playing only his second delivery, Yuvraj’s attempt to hit the ball on the leg-side was futile as he didn’t even make contact with the ball. On the contrary, the veteran batsman lost control of his bat and was seen in significant pain.

After trying to get up initially, Yuvraj again had to lie down because of the pain. Despite receiving medical attention, the recently retired Indian cricketer couldn’t manage to continue batting as he was seen leaving the ground.

Chasing a modest 137-run target, National sealed the chase in the 18th over on the back of opening batsman Chirag Suri scoring 52 (37) with the help of seven fours and a six.

While Yuvraj missed the last league match due to the same injury, he turned up for the eliminator against Winnipeg Hawks. Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the 15th over, Yuvraj once again retired hurt after scoring 8* (7). Despite wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen’s 106* (49) with the help of 11 fours and five sixes powering Nationals to 238/5, they ended up losing the match to JP Duminy’s 85* (41) with the help of eight fours and five sixes.

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— Liton Das (@BattingAtDubai) August 5, 2019

As far as the tournament is concerned, Brampton Wolves will take on Winnipeg Wolves in the second qualifier tonight. If a recent set of reports regarding Yuvraj are to be believed, he is being approached to play in the Abu Dhabi T10 League 2019.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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