The test of my life- Yuvraj singh

This book is about all the Cs of Yuvraj Singh‘s life ..cricket, cup, cancer, chaos, chemo and comeback. The simple yet beautiful narration of India's beloved's journey through it all.

This book is a must read for a Cricket fan, a must read for someone fighting with Cancer, a must read for someone working with cancer, a must read for someone looking for something innocent yet inspirational ..I know a lot of musts but I can't help it, it's a must read!

There is a very interesting narration of the whole World Cup journey. As we Indians bleed blue and are crazy about cricket, here we get to see how a cricketer is thinking about cricket and cup. During that time Yuvraj was struggling with his health but he kept the World Cup at priority. He says “ was I foolish not to see the doctor ? What was more important life or the world cup? My answer to myself was if life throws me back there again into the same stage, I will end up taking the same decision”

It blew me away when Yuvi says "I was not going to feel sorry for myself. No, why should I? When my form came back, or when I picked up wickets, or when I got the big scores, or when I got player of the match, or hit six sixes, had I ever asked God, ‘why me?’ Of course not. Often in my career, I have been the man with silver in the fist. Have I ever asked God, ‘why me?’ No, never. So when the illness came I had no right to ask ‘why me?" This is Gold!!

Some cricket references are so interesting, we won't get to know them unless we are from the inner circle of these cricketers.

Here is one brilliant example. "What was seminoma, " I asked Dr Ashish at one point. A rarest of rare kind of germ cell tumour, he explained, a manageable tumour. I asked him to explain further and this was his reply: Look, he said, your tumour may not be Sachin Tendulkar, but Virat Kohli it is. He can also be dangerous and after all you do need to get him out. I still laugh at this analogy. Later one day I remembered to tell Cheeku about this and he couldn’t believe how much respect the doctor had given him."( You guessed who's nickname is Cheeku, right? )

Another one is about Sachin again. Sachin was the first one to meet Yuvraj after his chemo.. Yuvi says " as we chatted, he would get up often and hug me. I could tell he wanted to cry probably from a combination of relief, shock and overwhelming affection.

Yuvraj Singh and his mom used Humor to cope with everything so well! He says once his chemo started ..on the night of 15th day ..his hair were hurting him and when he woke up this bed was covered with hair when he showed it his mother she said " it's like two bears have been fighting in here" He started shaving his head ..he says ‘at different stages I looked like a punk, a brahmin, and finally I would like to think Vin Diesel. ‘He took a photo of his bald head and posted on twitter saying " handsome is as handsome does!"

The dreadful chemo stage was tough on Yuvi. He got depressed. He thought the whole world is moving ahead, the Indian cricket team is moving ahead and his life has come to a stand still. He went on a self pity spiral. Then came Mr Anil Kumle to visit him and said to him ‘ stop watching your own matches on Youtube and focus on your health, cricket will come back to you!‘

Yuvi talks about obliging his mother's religious beliefs and accompanying her to gurudwara, reciting a prayer every night. He says “I don't know if I have become more spiritual since the cancer or simply more humble”

Yuvraj Singh talks fondly of his comeback to cricket and says “ I see that I have been given a second chance in life and I know that I intend to spend it running. If I fall, as I will, I look forward to dusting myself off and running again” - haven't I said already it's a must read !