Yuvraj Singh shared an incredible incident from his time dating an actress in 2007. The cricketer, who is now married to Hazel Keech, confessed that he was dating an actress during India’s memorable test trip against Australia in 2007-08. This was also the tour that included the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ in Sydney.
Yuvraj stated that the actress, who is still prominent today, was in Australia for a film shoot and accompanied him to Canberra during the Indian cricket team’s trip.
Yuvraj Singh was going through a hard time in his profession when he met her. He had not done well on tour, and he could feel the strain on him. As a result, he wanted to focus on the game and requested that the actress not meet with him for a time.
“I was dating an actress, I won’t name her; (She is) very good at the moment and very experienced. She was shooting in Adelaide. I told her, listen, let’s not meet for a bit because I’m on Australia tour, and need to focus. She followed me to Canberra on the bus. In two Tests, I didn’t get many runs. And I was like, ‘What are you doing here?’ And she was like, ‘I want to spend time with you’,” he said, speaking on the Club Prairie Fire podcast.
“So, I met her in the night and we began chatting. I told her you need to focus on your career and I need to focus on mine because I’m on an Australia tour and you know what that means. Anyway, we were leaving for Adelaide from Canberra and she packed my suitcase,” he added.
Yuvraj was surprised to see that she had put his shoes in the luggage, and it wasn’t until 10 minutes before he had to board the team bus that he realized the shoes were gone. With nothing to wear, the actress recommended he wear her pink slip-ons. Yuvraj donned the slip-on out of necessity.
“In the morning, I was like ‘where are my shoes’? She said, ‘I packed them’. I asked, ‘How would I go on the bus’? And she said, ‘Wear mine’. She had these pink slip-ons. And I was like, ‘Oh my god’. I had to wear those pink slip-ons, and I was carrying my bag in front of my shoes to hide them. The guys saw it, and they clapped for me. I had to wear pink slip-ons to the airport until I bought flip-flops there,” Yuvraj said with a laugh.
