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Yuvraj Singh India match-winner status established him as the country's best match-winning player. His participation in the 2007 T20 World Cup brought success to India which won the tournament and his performance in the 2011 ODI World Cup earned him the Player of the Tournament honor established Yuvraj as a key figure who left an enduring mark on Indian cricket.

Yuvraj established himself as a key Indian middle-order batsman through his bold batting style which enabled him to break vital partnerships. India has faced ongoing challenges to discover a natural No.4 batter who could dominate crucial matches in the same manner that Yuvraj used to do since he retired from cricket.

Yuvraj Singh faced a difficult period of his professional career which followed his peak success. The international cricketer returned after cancer treatment but his performance never reached his previous level of consistency. He experienced difficulties maintaining a permanent position on the Indian team between 2012 and 2017 because he frequently exited and returned to the team.

Yuvraj had a career-high 150 which he scored against England in 2017 but he failed to recover his previous performance. He announced his retirement during the 2019 World Cup after making his last international appearance that year.

Yuvraj disclosed to people that MS Dhoni had informed him that he should no longer expect to play for India. The discussion resulted in emotional detachment from the sport which started to increase.

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Yuvraj discussed the emotional distress cricket caused him during his appearance on Sania Mirza’s YouTube show ‘Serving it Up with Sania’. He shared that he quit the sport because excessive pressure ruined his enjoyment of the game.

Yuvraj said:

"My career reached a point where it became impossible to bear. My enjoyment of baseball disappeared because I could not play. This situation existed at an extremely delicate state. I thought to myself why am I playing cricket when I don't enjoy it? The system failed to support me. The system failed to support me. How am I supposed to achieve this when I lack therequired resources?

He added:

"I gave my best to the game which has treated me well. I stopped doing something that I didn't find enjoyable. I need to prove something through playing. My mental and physical capabilities reached their maximum limits. The situation caused me pain so I made the decision to stop. When I chose to stop working I returned to my true self.

Yuvraj Singh played one T20I match for India in 2014 and 2017 while he scored three international half-centuries which included one fifty and one hundred in ODIs. His playing chances decreased because younger players entered the field while competition intensified.

Yuvraj found peace after he stopped playing the game which brought him closure to his career that established the Indian cricket era.