Punjab Cricket Secretary Wants Former India Cricketer Yuvraj Singh To Come Out Of Retirement

Yuvraj, who had announced his retirement from cricket in 2019, has spent some time mentoring Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh and some other players. The veteran player is yet to respond to Bali's request.

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Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) secretary Punnet Bali has requested Indian cricket team's former star all-rounder Yuvraj Singh to come out of retirement and play in the domestic season for Punjab.

Yuvraj, who had announced his retirement from cricket in 2019, has spent some time mentoring Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh and some other players. The veteran player is yet to respond to Bali's request.

"We requested Yuvraj five, six days ago and we are waiting his response. It will be really good for Punjab cricket if he can play and mentor them at the same time," Bali told news agency PTI.

In the past few years, the stat cricket team of Punjab has lost a number of key players to other states and Bali believes the former Indian all-rounder's addition to the team as a  player-cum-mentor will benefit Punjab - a team trying to rebuild itself with young talent.

However, even if Yuvraj decides to come out of retirement to play for Punjab, it won't be easy for him as he will need NOCs from the BCCI.

The BCCI considers players to have officially retired to provide NOCs for overseas leagues. Yuvraj has played in two such tournaments in the past year - the Global T20 Canada and Abu Dhabi T10 League.

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