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.
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.