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Yuvraj Singh signs up for Global T20 league in Canada; becomes first Indian to play T20 league abroad
Yuvraj Singh becomes the first Indian to sign the Global T20 league in Canada.
Former Indian player Yuvraj Singh became the first Indian cricketer to be included in the team for the Global T20 league that is staged in Canada. The left-hander recently retired from international cricket, and had asked the BCCI to allow him to play international T20 leagues.
The Board allowed him the permission, and he will be representing Toronto Nationals this year. In 231 T20s during his career, Yuvi scored 4857 runs at an average of just over 25 and a strike rate of 128.76. While he has not yet scored a T20 hundred, he has 27 fifties to his name. With the ball, he has picked up 80 batters at an impressive economy rate of 24.86 and a strike rate of 19.2.
Other than Yuvraj Singh, Toronto have also signed former New Zealand player Brendon McCullum and West Indies star Keiron Pollard.
The second season of the GT20 league will begin from July 25 and run till August 11. The Vancouver Knights had lifted the inaugural trophy last year, under the leadership of Chris Gayle.
