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Yograj Singh - Yuvraj Singh
Chandigarh, Sep 22: His son may be blazing on the field but Yuvraj Singh's father says the player may have a feeling that he has been ignored for captaincy.
Yograj said his son had not spoken to him even once on the issue, but as a father he felt that his son had been ignored in the matter.
"Yuvraj has not talked to me on this subject (captaincy). I have not talked to him on this issue," Yograj told PTI.
"Captaincy is no issue, important is to play for the country's team," said Yograj, a former cricketer.
Yograj, however, said he felt that Yuvraj was ignored even though he is amongst the senior players.
"Some day he would certainly lead the country," the former cricketer said, adding it was for the cricket Board to decide on such matters.
Yograj, in an interview to a television channel, had said it "hurt" him that his son was not made the captain.
"Probably he has this in the back of his mind. He is being very aloof after this. He shares everything with me but I have a tinge of feeling that he is not opening up. He has some king of problem which is hurting him. I don't know whether it is the captaincy matter" Yograj said.
"As a father it hurts me also, because he is the senior most player... But then this is the decision of the board." He said that it is wrong to attribute the captaincy issue to his son since he has not spoken on this issue at all. PTI
Yuvraj likely to be fit for semifinal against Australia
Durban: The Indian team today heaved a sigh of relief with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni exuding confidence that Yuvraj Singh will be fit for tomorrow's semifinal against Australia in the Twenty20 World Championship.
Yuvraj missed the Super Eight encounter against South Africa on Thursday due to an elbow injury, but Dhoni said that the left-hander would replace Dinesh Kaarthick tomorrow.
"Yuvraj had a problem with his elbow but he should be fit for the next match and is likely to replace Kaarthick," Dhoni said.
The Indian captain said the decision to leave out Yuvraj for yesterday's outing was taken just a few minutes before the match.
"We decided at the last moment that we wanted to save him for the matches ahead. We are a side with a positive frame of mind. For the sake of the team, considering the long season ahead, we thought it will be good not to play him in this game." Yuvraj, who hit a record six sixes in an over of Stuart Broad, was the architect of India's victory in their must-win game against England and his inclusion will boost Indian batting which struggled a bit against South Africa.
Dhoni also had a bit of injury scare as he suffered a back strain and even gave the wicketkeeping job to Kaarthick.
"It was just a strain in the lower back, on the right hand side. I had the luxury of having Kaarthick in the side, who is a specialist wicketkeeper. I didn't want to aggravate the injury. I am still smiling and hopefully it will be fine before the next match," he said.