Yuvraj proves why cricket is called the gentleman's game

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New Delhi: There’s a reason why Yuvraj Singh has so many fans across the world. Apart from his unmatchable strokeplay he also is one of the greatest ambassadors of the game of cricket. After all the bad blood in the recently concluded India-Australia Test series, Yuvraj showed that the spirit of game is still alive.

Yuvraj had just slammed young Aniket Chowdhury for four and two big sixes. But the Rajasthan medium pacer was not the one to bow down. He bowled a well directed bouncer to Yuvraj. The latter mistimed the pull shot and ball looped around in the long leg area where Srinath Aravind was stationed.

To the delight of the capacity crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, Aravind grasped the catch to give Yuvraj a life when he was batting on 26 off 11. 

But what happened next was simply spectacular. Seeing the effort of the young left-arm seamer, senior statesman Yuvraj went on to shake hands with Chowdhury.

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