FITNESS will be the key to cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh’s selection to the Indian team for a home Test series against England next month, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Wednesday (October 31).
“We have to assess whether Yuvraj is ready to field for two days,” said Dhoni when asked whether the skilful all-rounder would be picked for the four-Test series starting in Ahmedabad on November 15.
Yuvraj, who has not played Test cricket since last November, was treated for a rare germ-cell cancer between his lungs in the US earlier this year.
The 30-year-old returned after chemotherapy treatment in April and played in the recent World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. He also cracked a double-century in a domestic four-day game in Hyderabad this month.
Yuvraj has performed impressively in the ongoing three-day match against England in Mumbai, scoring a half-century and taking two wickets for India ‘A’.
The Indian team for the opening Test will be named on Monday (November 5).
