Pak paper reports how Yuvraj partied night before his duck in final

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Friday July 11, 02:35 AM


When the national selection committee dropped Yuvraj Singh from theTest squad, the ostensible reason was his form during thedisastrous tour of Australia. There were indications that it alsohad to do with his fitness, but it now emerges that his"attitude" , too, contributed to it.
According to top officials of the BCCI, the Board has decided totake a "serious view" of the player's"nightlife."
While BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said the board was notgoing to probe into a report from Pakistan that said that threeplayers, including Yuvraj, partied late into the night before theAsia Cup final, an official said they were, in fact, looking intothe incident.
According to Pakistani daily Jang, Yuvraj, Suresh Raina and RohitSharma attended a late night party at Karachi's French Beach on theeve of Night before final, Yuvraj partied till 3, says Pak daily
the Asia Cup final. The report said that the players returned tothe hotels at 3 am after the party, thrown by friends in Karachi.Yuvraj, Raina and Sharma scored 0, 16 and 3 respectively in thefinal, all falling to spinner Ajantha Mendis.
"The Board is looking into the matter. If it is true, it willbe dealt with very seriously," a top official said.
One of the national selectors also said that "it's high timeYuvraj learned a lesson the hard way," warning that hislifestyle and lack of concern for fitness would not be overlookedanymore.
The injury to his knee from Champions Trophy, 2006, has been acause of concern for a while. When the team returned from the tourof Australia early this year, Yuvraj was called to the NationalCricket Academy (NCA) for a fitness test. Physio Paul Closesuggested that the player needed a break. Yuvraj managed to passthe fitness test and went on to play in the Indian Premier League(IPL) and now the back-to-back one-day tours.