India- IPL runs
- 2,797
- Average
- 24.32
- Strike rate
- 128.0
- Highest
- 83
Career
Yuvraj Singh was India's most important limited-overs middle-order batter of the 2000s: a left-hander with exceptional bat speed through the arc between mid-wicket and long-on, a genuinely useful left-arm spin option and an outstanding fielder in an era when Indian fielding was generally not.
He hit six sixes in an over against England at the 2007 World Twenty20, and four years later was named Player of the Tournament at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, contributing both runs and wickets through the knockout stages. He was subsequently diagnosed with a germ-cell tumour and returned to international cricket after treatment.
His Test career never matched his white-ball output, but in ODIs and T20s he was for a decade the player India built its middle overs around.
Highlights
- Hit six sixes in an over at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20
- Player of the Tournament at the 2011 Cricket World Cup
- Returned to international cricket after treatment for cancer
- Key member of both India's 2007 World Twenty20 and 2011 World Cup winning sides
Overview
What the figures show
Eleven IPL seasons, from 2008 to 2019, stand behind Yuvraj Singh's 2,797 runs in the competition. The best of the seasons was 2014 — 376 runs. 83 in 2014 remains the biggest single innings of it. Fifty has been passed thirteen times. That strike rate of 128.0 is 7.4 below the 135.37 median for the 182 batters with 300 or more IPL balls in this data. Fours and sixes account for roughly 64% of the total — 222 and 149 of them.
The clubs, in order: Punjab Kings (2008), Kolkata Knight Riders (2009), Punjab Kings (2009–2010), Pune Warriors (2011–2013), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2014), Delhi Capitals (2015), Sunrisers Hyderabad (2016–2017), Punjab Kings (2018) and Mumbai Indians (2019). Most of the runs, 595 of them, came in the Punjab Kings years. There is no IPL cricket on the record in 2012. With the ball there are 15 IPL wickets from roughly 51 overs, each costing 22.93 runs. That is a wicket every 20 balls. Set against the 102 bowlers here with 300 IPL balls or more, an economy rate of 6.75 is cheaper than their 8.17 median.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 33 | 52 | 1,534 | 169 | 32.64 | 58.3 | 2 | 9 |
| ODIfrom 2002 | 226 | 210 | 6,932 | 150 | 39.39 | 87.9 | 12 | 42 |
| T20I | 55 | 49 | 1,136 | 77* | 27.71 | 138.4 | 0 | 8 |
| IPL | 132 | 127 | 2,754 | 83 | 24.81 | 129.8 | 0 | 13 |
Figures marked with a year cover only part of this career — the ball-by-ball archive behind these numbers begins in 2001 for Tests and 2002 for One Day Internationals.
Indian Premier League
Season by season
| Season | Team | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PBKS | 14 | 1 | 299 | 57 | 23.00 | 162.5 | 24 | 19 |
| 2009 | KKR | 4 | 0 | 47 | 20 | 11.80 | 71.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | PBKS | 14 | 2 | 340 | 58 | 28.30 | 115.6 | 25 | 16 |
| 2010 | PBKS | 14 | 2 | 255 | 43 | 21.30 | 128.1 | 20 | 14 |
| 2011 | PW | 13 | 3 | 343 | 66 | 34.30 | 131.4 | 24 | 18 |
| 2013 | PW | 13 | 1 | 238 | 34 | 19.80 | 125.3 | 14 | 15 |
| 2014 | RCB | 14 | 3 | 376 | 83 | 34.20 | 135.3 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | DC | 13 | 0 | 248 | 57 | 19.10 | 118.1 | 23 | 10 |
| 2016 | SRH | 10 | 1 | 236 | 44 | 26.20 | 131.8 | 22 | 13 |
| 2017 | SRH | 11 | 2 | 252 | 70 | 28.00 | 142.4 | 30 | 8 |
| 2018 | PBKS | 6 | 0 | 65 | 20 | 10.80 | 89.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | MI | 4 | 0 | 98 | 53 | 24.50 | 130.7 | 7 | 6 |
| Total | 12 seasons | 130 | 15 | 2,797 | 83 | 24.32 | 128.0 | 222 | 149 |
IPL bowling
- Wickets
- 15
- Economy
- 6.75
- Average
- 22.93
- Balls bowled
- 306
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About Yuvraj Singh
How many IPL runs has Yuvraj Singh scored?
Yuvraj Singh has scored 2,797 runs in the IPL across 12 seasons, averaging 24.32 at a strike rate of 127.95. The highest score is 83.
How many IPL wickets has Yuvraj Singh taken?
Yuvraj Singh has taken 15 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 6.75 and an average of 22.93.
Which IPL teams has Yuvraj Singh played for?
Yuvraj Singh has appeared for Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
What is Yuvraj Singh's playing style?
Yuvraj Singh is a left-hand bat who bowls slow left arm orthodox, listed as a allrounder.
Who did Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes against?
Stuart Broad of England, during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in Durban. He remains one of very few players to achieve this in international cricket.
What was Yuvraj Singh's role in the 2011 World Cup?
He was named Player of the Tournament, contributing significant runs and wickets across the competition as an allrounder in India's title-winning campaign.
Did Yuvraj Singh bowl?
Yes, slow left-arm orthodox. He was a genuine sixth-bowler option in limited-overs cricket and took important wickets in major tournaments.
Did Yuvraj Singh play Test cricket?
Yes, though his Test career was less substantial than his limited-overs record and he was never an automatic selection in the format.
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Players alongside Yuvraj Singh
Team-mates from this player's IPL seasons first, then others from the same country.
How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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