Editing Yuvraj Singh (section)

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In July–August 2005, Yuvraj was the leading run-scorer for India in the [[Indian Oil Cup 2005|2005 Indian Oil Cup]] triangular series in Sri Lanka also involving the hosts Sri Lanka and West Indies. He scored 192 runs in four matches, averaging 48.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Oil Cup, 2005 / Most runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2537;type=tournament|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> He also recorded his third ODI century during the series - 110 runs from 114 balls - against the West Indies at [[Colombo]] for which he was adjudged the man of the match.<ref>{{cite web|title=6th Match: India v West Indies at Colombo (RPS), Aug 7, 2005|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/215286.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> Yuvraj then played in the [[2005–06 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series|Videocon Cup]] in August–September 2005, a triangular series involving India, New Zealand and the host's Zimbabwe. He averaged 54 with the bat in the series, scoring 216 runs from 5 matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Videocon Triangular Series, 2005 / Records / Most runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/videoconseries/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2564;type=tournament|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> He scored 120 in the final round-robin match against Zimbabwe at [[Harare]], helping India recover from 36/4 to successfully chase down a target of 251. It was his fourth ODI hundred and he won the man of the match award for his efforts.<ref>{{cite web|title=6th Match: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Sep 4, 2005|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/217979.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> In the two-match Test tour of Zimbabwe that followed the tri-series, Yuvraj scored 12 and 25 runs. In October–November 2005, Yuvraj had a quiet seven-match ODI series at home against Sri Lanka. He managed just 124 runs in six innings at an average of 31 with a top score of 79*.

In November 2005, Yuvraj scored 103 in the first ODI against South Africa at [[Hyderabad]] to take India from 35/5 to a respectable total of 249/9, and won the man of the match award despite South Africa winning the game by five wickets.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st ODI: India v South Africa at Hyderabad (Deccan), Nov 16, 2005|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/225959.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> He picked 1/17 and remained not out in the second ODI at [[Bengaluru]], before the third match at [[Chennai]] was washed out due to rain. He scored 53 and 49 in the final two matches at Delhi and Ahmedabad respectively, and the series was drawn 2-2. Yuvraj and South African captain [[Graeme Smith]] were jointly awarded the Man of the series award as both of them scored 209 runs at 69.66, finishing as the joint-highest run-scorers of the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Africa in India ODI Series, 2005/06 / Records / Most runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2654;type=series|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> Yuvraj had a mixed home Test series against Sri Lanka in December 2005 as he registered two [[duck (cricket)|duck]]s and two half-centuries. He scored 0 & 77* in the second Test at [[Delhi]], and 0 & 75 in the third Test at [[Ahmedabad]] as India won both the matches by comfortable margins.

Yuvraj was picked in both Test and ODI squads for the Pakistan tour in January–February 2006. The first two Tests were drawn and Yuvraj batted only once, in the second Test, scoring 4. In the third Test at [[Karachi]], he top-scored for India in both innings. After scoring 45 in the first innings, he went to score his second Test hundred in the second innings (122 runs from 144 balls). India lost the match by 341 runs and the series 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Test: Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2006|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/234783.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In the one-day series, he continued his good form. He scored a 28-ball 39 in the first ODI at Peshawar which Pakistan won by 7 runs by the [[Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1st ODI: Pakistan v India at Peshawar, Feb 6, 2006|work=Cricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/235831.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> He scored an unbeaten 82 in the second match at Rawalpindi taking India to an emphatic 7-wicket win,<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd ODI: Pakistan v India at Rawalpindi, Feb 11, 2006|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/236520.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> before scoring an unbeaten 79 in the third game at Lahore and helping India successfully chase the target of 289.<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd ODI: Pakistan v India at Lahore, Feb 13, 2006|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/236809.html|publisher=ESPNcricnfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In the low-scoring fourth match at Multan, he scored 37 as India took the series with a five-wicket victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=4th ODI: Pakistan v India at Multan, Feb 16, 2006|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/237222.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In the fifth and the final ODI at Karachi, Yuvraj, batting at three, hit his sixth ODI century. His innings of 107* which came off 93 balls with 13 boundaries helped India comfortably chase down a target of 287 while losing only two wickets. He won the man of the match award for this innings and was also adjudged player of the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=5th ODI: Pakistan v India at Karachi, Feb 19, 2006|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/237571.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

Against England, Yuvraj averaged 21.33 in two Tests in March but proved to be successful with both bat and ball in the ODI series in which he again won the player of the series award. During the series, he won the back-to-back man of the match awards in the third and fourth ODIs. In the third match, he made 103 from 76 balls, and in the fourth match, he picked 2/34 and scored 48. He scored a total of 237 runs in the series at an average of 47.40 and took 6 wickets with his part-time bowling.<ref>{{cite web|title=England in India ODI Series, 2005/06 - India / Records / Batting and bowling averages|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indveng/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=2708;team=6;type=series|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

On India's [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2006|tour of the West Indies]], Yuvraj hit two fifties in the ODI series. In the second ODI at Kingston, with India needing two runs to win with one wicket in hand and three balls to spare, Yuvraj was [[bowled]] by [[Dwayne Bravo]] for 93. India went on to lose the series 4–1. His poor run of form in Tests continued, with him scoring 104 runs from four matches at an average of 17.33 and a top-score of 39. In September 2006, Yuvraj was dropped from the playing eleven during the [[2006–07 DLF Cup|2006-07 DLF Cup]] in Kuala Lumpur after he registered two consecutive ducks against Australia and West Indies. He played in two group matches of the [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy]] held in India in October. and scored 27* against England and 27 against West Indies. During a training session before India's final group fixture against Australia, Yuvraj suffered a ligament injury in his left knee. Dinesh Mongia replaced him for the match which India lost to crash out of the tournament. In November, Indian team physio [[Andrew Leipus]] suggested that Yuvraj was unlikely to recover from the injury before the start of the World Cup in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 November 2006 |title=Yuvraj Singh doubtful for World Cup |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/yuvraj-singh-doubtful-for-world-cup-267159 |access-date=4 November 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Yuvraj was not named in any of the Indian squads that [[Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07|toured South Africa]] in late 2006. In January 2007, less than two months before the World Cup, he made a comeback from injury for the last two matches of the [[West Indian cricket team in India in 2006–07|four-match ODI series]] against West Indies, but did not make much of an impact in either game. Despite concerns over his fitness, Yuvraj was selected in the 15-man Indian squad for the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]], with chief selector [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] confirming that Yuvraj was fit.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 February 2007 |title=Sehwag and Pathan included in squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sehwag-and-pathan-included-in-squad-280087 |access-date=4 November 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He featured in the last two matches of the [[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2006–07|four-ODI series]] against Sri Lanka in February 2007, and struck an unbeaten 83-ball 95 in the deciding final game at Visakhapatnam. India won the match by seven wickets and the series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka tour of India, 4th ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Feb 17, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvsl/engine/match/267713.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref>

Yuvraj made 47 in India's first match of the World Cup, a shock defeat to Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=ICC World Cup, 8th Match, Group B: Bangladesh v India at Port of Spain, Mar 17, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/match/247464.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref> In India's next group match at Port-of-Spain against World Cup debutants Bermuda, he hit 83 off 46 balls to help India post a total of 413/5, the highest total in World Cup history at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=ICC World Cup, 12th Match, Group B: Bermuda v India at Port of Spain, Mar 19, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/match/247468.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref> After their emphatic against Bermuda, India were left with a must-win final group fixture against Sri Lanka. Chasing 255 to win the match, Yuvraj was [[run out]] for 6, as India were bowled out for 185 and made an early exit from the World Cup.

In the [[2007 Future Cup|three-match ODI series]] against South Africa in Ireland, Yuvraj took 3 for 36 and scored an unbeaten 49 in the second ODI<ref>{{cite web|title=Future Cup, 2nd ODI: India v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 29, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/match/293077.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> before winning man of the match for his unbeaten 61 in the series-deciding final game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Future Cup, 3rd ODI: India v South Africa at Belfast, Jul 1, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/match/293078.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> On India's [[Indian cricket team in England in 2007|tour of England]], Yuvraj remained on the bench throughout the Test series before finishing third on the run-scorers list in the ODI series with 283 runs from 7 matches at an average of 40.42.<ref>{{cite web|title=NatWest Series [India in England], 2007 / Records / Most runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/engvind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2873;type=series|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref>