{"id":9607,"date":"2026-04-06T16:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9607"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:10","slug":"130065882-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9607","title":{"rendered":"After Yuvraj Singh &#8216;no communication&#8217; claim, ex-India star targets Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri, selectors | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130065902,imgsize-61884,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/yuvraj-shastri-0604-s.jpg\" alt=\"After Yuvraj Singh 'no communication' claim, ex-India star targets Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri, selectors\" title=\"Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri (Image credit: Agencies) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri (Image credit: Agencies) \">Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri (Image credit: Agencies) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/wasim-jaffer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Wasim Jaffer<\/a> on Monday came out in support of former India allrounder <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/yuvraj-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Yuvraj Singh<\/a>, who recently revealed that he did not receive clear communication from then captain <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, head coach Ravi Shastri and selectors while reflecting on his retirement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In a recent interview with Sports Tak, Yuvraj, who played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is, said he did not receive proper communication from Kohli and Shastri and had to approach MS Dhoni for clarity about his future.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Taking to X, Jaffer, who played alongside Yuvraj, backed the allrounder and criticised the Indian team management, the BCCI and the selectors.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cEarlier players used to find out in newspapers if their career is over or not, although things have gotten better in terms of communication still if a big player like @YUVSTRONG12 who&#8217;s won India two WC says he wasn\u2019t communicated then that\u2019s not right. <!-- -->Communication should be there. #Indiancricket\u201d, Jaffer said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Devdutt Padikkal press conference: Chinnaswamy pitch, Tim David\u2019s power &amp; RCB\u2019s batting strategy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">What did Yuvraj say?<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Yuvraj opened up about the confusion he faced towards the end of his career.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>\u201cFor example, when I went through my own situation, I had zero clarity. There was no clarity from the National Cricket Academy, no clarity from the captain or coach. I was stuck at 36, going on 37, wondering what to do next. At the very least, if someone has played so much cricket, they deserve respect,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>\u201cI feel that those who are at the end of their careers need clarity. I didn\u2019t get it, neither did Zaheer Khan, <!-- -->Virender Sehwag<!-- --> or <!-- -->Harbhajan Singh<!-- -->. The captain, coach or selector, whoever it may be, should sit with the player and explain how they see things,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>During this uncertain phase, it was Dhoni who provided him with a clear and honest perspective.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>\u201cI spoke to MS Dhoni. We spoke over the phone. He gave me the right perspective. He had nothing to gain, but he could see what was going on,\u201d Yuvraj shared. Even then, he insisted on making his own decision. \u201cI was told that if I couldn\u2019t pass the fitness test, I should consider retirement. I said I would decide my retirement myself,\u201d he revealed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Yuvraj last played for India in June 2017 against West Indies and announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in 2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/after-yuvraj-singh-no-communication-claim-ex-india-star-targets-virat-kohli-ravi-shastri-selectors\/articleshow\/130065882.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6345,2355,16661,24063,12838,24062,24061],"class_list":["post-9607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-harbhajan-singh","tag-virat-kohli","tag-virender-sehwag","tag-wasim-jaffer","tag-yuvraj-singh","tag-yuvraj-singh-retirement","tag-yuvraj-singh-retirement-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}