Yuvraj Singh-The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back

Yuvraj Singh-The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back 

Book Description

Publication Date: 1 March 2013
That day I cried like a baby not because I feared what cancer would do but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could not be. For the first time Yuvraj Singh tells the real story behind the 2011 World Cup when on-the-field triumph hid his increasingly puzzling health problems and worrying illnesses. In his debut book The test of my life, he reveals how plagued with insomnia, coughing fits that left him vomiting blood, and an inability to eat he made a deal with God. On the night before the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final, Yuvraj prayed for the World Cup in return for anything God wanted. In this book, he lays bare his fears, doubts and the lows he experienced during chemotherapy when he lost his energy, his appetite and his hair and his battle to find the will to survive. Poignant, personal and moving, the test of my life is about cancer and cricket, but more importantly, it is about the human will to fight adversity and triumph despite all odds.Product Description

About the Author
Yuvraj Singh is an Indian cricketer and a cancer survivor. He was born in Chandigarh in 1981. He debuted for India in 2000 during the ICC Knock Out Trophy, still only nineteen. In 2011, he emerged as Player of the Tournament in the ICC World Cup, which his team won. That same year he was diagnosed with cancer. He returned to international cricket less than a year after his diagnosis. This is his first book.Product details

Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Random House India (1 March 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 818400298X
ISBN-13: 978-8184002980
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.9 x 2 cm

Reviews-By Mnramarao - 

It is the grit of the man and his passion for the game. Nature collaborates with such fine human beings to extend its support.
The test of my life is Yuvi’s account of his fight with the most fearsome opponent he faced - cancer. As any other human being he went through a period of denial at first when he was diagnosed with cancer , being a superstar that too immediately after a major achievement (man of the tournament - World cup) it was indeed something hard to comprehend.

The book also takes us through his hardships he faced as a boy in a troubled family where father and mother travelled in two separate paths , which ultimately moulded his character into a fighter. His choice of naming the chapters is so also something worth mentioning - Top of the world cup, ‘C’ change from Cricket to Cancer, Test of my life, Taking Guard again , The Battle for confidence.

Its quite an inspiring read to all those who at least once went into the monstrous hands of a disease.


This book is a must read for every Indian cricket fan. He shares his life story before cricket, after Cricket, before cancer, during cancer and after cancer. This is story of survival, hope.

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