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Yuvraj hopes to strike form

Gurgaon: Runs have not been really flowing from his blade of late but Yuvraj Singh is not losing his sleep and the dashing middle order bat on Wednesday oozed confidence of getting back to form in the Challenger Trophy.

Here on a promotional campaign, Yuvraj admitted things didn't go exactly the way he had planned but assured everything would be okay before the Champions Trophy.

``I admit I didn't play very well in recent times. But I'm not losing my confidence. I'd like to hit form soon and help the team in Champions Trophy,'' the Punjab southpaw said.

``My first aim is to do well in Challenger Trophy and get back to form before the Champions Trophy,'' he added.

Yuvraj could not shine in the West Indies tour and in the just-concluded DLF Cup in Kuala Lumpur too, he was a pale shadow of himself. In fact his successive ducks saw him being replaced by Mohammad Kaif.

Asked to explain Team India's flop show in the Kuala Lumpur tri-series where they could not make it to the final and finished last, Yuvraj blamed it on bad luck.

``We lost the first match quite unfortunately via the Duckworth-Lewis method and then rain washed away the next match. We were clearly unlucky there but we have learnt our lessons well and would try to rectify the mistakes,'' he explained.

And the stylish left-hander also threw his weight behind coach Greg Chappell and rubbished notions that the Aussie was over-experimenting with the side. — UNI

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