FormerIndia batsman Yuvraj Singh took a dig at the team management of his time forignoring him and not giving opportunities to play Test cricket regularly.
"Probablynext life! When I'm not 12th man for 7 years,"tweeted Yuvraj Singh in response to a tweet posted by a cricket website thatasked its followers to name a player who they wished should have played moreTests.
Singh,a left-handed batsman and among the cleanest hitters of the cricket ball inIndian cricket, played 40 Tests over a period of nine years.
Knownmore for his exploits in limited-overs cricket, Yuvraj scored 1900 Test runs atan average of 33.92 in a format where he was played intermittently. He scoredthree centuries and 11 half-centuries.
Hemade a roaring start to his Test career, scoring a half-century and a century(59 & 112 against Pakistan) in his first three innings. In his fourthinnings, also against Pakistan, he made 47.
Hegot to play 15 Tests intermittently over the next three and a half years,rarely getting a long stretch. He got scores of 75 and 77 against Sri Lanka and122 against Pakistan during this phase.
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Hethen scored 169 again against Pakistan in Bengaluru in December, 2007.
Afterthat he scored a few half-centuries in the remaining Test matches he played,including an unbeaten 85 against England in the 2008 Chennai Test in whichIndia chased a 387-run target in fourth innings.