Editing Yuvraj Singh (section)

===Role in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Triumph For India===
Yuvraj had a dream run at the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 ICC Cricket World Cup]], where he scored 362 runs including one century and four fifties, took 15 wickets, won four Man of the Match awards, the joint-most along with Sri Lanka's [[Aravinda de Silva]] in 1996, South Africa's [[Lance Klusener]] in 1999 and compatriot [[Rohit Sharma]] in 2019, and was also adjudged the Player of the Tournament. In the process, he became the first allrounder to score 300-plus runs and take 15 wickets in a single World Cup. In India's match against Ireland, he became the first player to take 5 wickets and score 50 runs in a World Cup match. He also took his 100th ODI wicket with the dismissal of [[Wesley Barresi]] in the World Cup match against the Netherlands. He later took 2/44 and scored 57 runs against the defending champions Australia in the quarterfinals, in all of which India won against Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, earning him the Man of the Match Award.

Yuvraj had respiratory difficulties through 2011 and in May, he withdrew from the ODI series in the West Indies due to an illness. His issues began with breathing difficulties, nausea and bouts of vomiting blood. He toured England but had to return home after breaking his finger in the Nottingham Test and later played two home Tests against West Indies. However, he then pulled out of the ODI series against West Indies in November citing an abnormal tumour in his lung. Yuvraj had originally targeted the CB series in Australia for his return to international cricket.

After the World Cup, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour stage-1 in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment at the [[Cancer Research Institute]] in [[Boston]], [[United States]] as well as the Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Centre in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]] where he was cared for by famed oncologist Dr. [[Lawrence Einhorn]].

For his performances in 2011, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/532149.html|title=Dhoni leads ODI team of the year|date=12 September 2011|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/review2011/content/story/547545.html|title=The teams of the year|date=1 January 2012|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/world-cup-2011/sachin-zaheer-yuvi-in-iccs-world-cup-xi-1572998|title=Sachin, Zaheer, Yuvi in ICC's World Cup XI &#124; Cricket News|website=NDTVSports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/509646.html|title=World Cup 2011: The team of the tournament|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=5 April 2011}}</ref>