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Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who played a significant role in India’s 2011 World Cup victory, opened up on the bond he shares with former India skipper MS Dhoni. Dhoni and Singh were out on the field when the former hit the winning six to guide India to their second ODI World Cup triumph after 28 years. The former India player recently opened up about the bond he shares with India’s former wicket-keeping captain.
Singh was on 'The Ranveer Show', where he said that he and Dhoni were friends only because of cricket. Not only this, but he also said that both the former cricketers were never close friends. “Me and Mahi are not close friends. We were friends because of cricket, we played together. Mahi’s lifestyle was very different from me, so we were never close friends, we were only friends because of cricket,” Singh told the podcast host, Ranveer Allahbadia.
The 41-year-old added, “Your teammates don’t have to be your best friends outside the field. Everybody has a different lifestyle, skill set. Certain people hang out with certain people, you don’t have to be best friends with everyone to go on the field. If you take any team, all eleven don’t get along. Some do, some don’t. When you are in the park, put your ego behind you and contribute on the field.”
The former all-rounder further said, “When me and Mahi went on the ground, we gave more than 100% to our country. In that, he was captain, I was vice-captain. When you are captain and vice-captain, there will be decision differences. “Sometimes he made decisions I didn’t like, sometimes I made decisions he didn’t like. That happens in every team.”
Notably, Singh announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in 2019, while Dhoni called it quits on August 15, 2020.
