BCCI treated me unprofessionally: Yuvraj Singh

Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh revealed that he felt mistreated by the Indian Cricket Board towards the end of his iconic career. He also said that Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) mismanaged his former teammates such as Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan towards the end of their career.

Yuvraj Singh, who retired from international cricket last year after playing 19 years did not get a farewell game and neither did Zaheer or Sehwag.

While southpaw does not mind that he did not get a farewell, what he would have liked is a bit more respect.

“First of all, I don’t think I’m a legend. I’ve played the game with integrity but I didn’t play much Test cricket. Legendary players are those who have good Test records. For giving somebody a farewell, that’s not for me to decide, that’s for BCCI to decide,” Yuvraj said on Sportskeeda’s ‘Free Hit’ show.

He also felt that the way BCCI handled him towards the end of his career was ‘unprofessional’, but wasn’t surprising for him.

“I just felt that the way they managed me towards the end of my career was very unprofessional. But looking back at a couple of great players like Harbhajan, Sehwag, and Zaheer Khan, also very badly mismanaged. So it is part of Indian cricket, I had seen it in the past and I was not really surprised,” he said.

“But in the future, anybody who has played for India for a long time and has been through tough situations, you should definitely honor him. Give him that respect, somebody like Gautam Gambhir, who has won two World Cups for us. Sehwag, who has been the biggest match-winner after Sunil Gavaskar in Tests. VVS, Zaheer, also,” he said.